#webtracking

Byothe

@byothe.fr

1 week ago

Ce site web intrigant sait exactement ce que vous êtes en train de faire Quoi que vous soyez en train de faire en ce moment, votre navigateur web le sait. Bien sûr, il peut voir quels sites web vous visitez, vu qu'il doit traiter

Un site web qui devine vos actions, commente vos clics et vous lance des défis... Prêt à tester vos réflexes et découvrir ce que votre navigateur sait vraiment de vous ? #BigData #WebTracking #Jeu #Archive

GESIS Training

@gesistraining.bsky.social

1 week ago

Still time to register! ⏳

Join our upcoming workshop and dive into Web Tracking Data with leading experts.

🔍 Curious what you’ll learn?
Read our interview with the lecturers here:
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#WebTracking #DataAnalytics #Workshop

Defensorum

@defensorum.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Duly Health and Care Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $3.1 Million - Defensorum HIPAA-covered entity, Midwest Physician Administrative Services, LLC doing business as Duly Health and Care agreed to a $3.1 million settlement to resolve class action litigation related to the use of...

🏥 Duly Health and Care settles tracking pixel lawsuit for $3.1M 💻 Healthcare website tracking practices under legal scrutiny 📊 Patient portal activity allegedly shared with third parties 📅 Claims deadline: March 2, 2026 #Healthcare #PatientData #WebTracking 👉 www.defensorum.com/duly-health-...

dariakorsunart

@dariakorsun.bsky.social

1 month ago

My Reflection on Online Advertising and Data Tracking using Disconnect For my mini research I installed the Firefox browser and Disconnect extension. I spent around 15–20 minutes, browsing through the different…

How many trackers are on the websites you visit everyday? My Disconnect mini research explains it all: medium.com/@korsundaria...
#dataprivacy #onlineadvertising #webtracking

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

@gesis.org

6 months ago

#Call #GESISPanel

Collect Your Own Linked #WebTracking and #SurveyData with the GESIS Panel.dbd Digital Behavioral Data Sample
Panelists participate in repeated surveys and digital behavioral data collections such as web tracking, where participants' web browsing behavior is recorded.

Novo IT Ltd

@novoitltd.bsky.social

8 months ago

Think websites aren’t watching you? 👀 They are. Learn how your data is tracked—and how to take back control. 🛡️

novoit.uk/cybersecurit...

#PrivacyMatters #WebTracking #NovoIT

Approov Mobile Security

@approov.bsky.social

9 months ago

Caught Red-Handed: Meta & Yandex's Covert Android Surveillance! Episode Notes: Dive deep into the shocking revelations about covert web-to-app tracking affecting billions of Android users! This episode uncovers a novel tracking method employed by tech giants Meta (Facebook Pixel) and Yandex (Yandex Metrica), which silently links your mobile browsing sessions to your long-lived native app identities. Key Discoveries: • The Localhost Loophole: Learn how Meta and Yandex exploit unrestricted access to localhost sockets on the Android platform. Native apps like Facebook, Instagram, Yandex Maps, Navigator, Browser, and Search listen on fixed local ports (e.g., Meta uses UDP ports 12580-12585; Yandex uses TCP ports 29009, 29010, 30102, 30103) to receive browser metadata, cookies, and commands from scripts embedded on thousands of websites1.... • Bypassing Privacy Protections: This method bypasses typical privacy controls such as clearing cookies, using Incognito Mode, and Android's permission controls4.... It effectively de-anonymises users by linking ephemeral web identifiers (like the _fbp cookie or Android Advertising ID (AAID)) to persistent mobile app IDs, even when users are not logged into the browsers2.... • Meta's Evolution: Discover how Meta Pixel has evolved its techniques, initially using HTTP, then WebSocket, and more recently, WebRTC STUN with SDP Munging to transmit the _fbp cookie. Following disclosure, Meta shifted to WebRTC TURN, and as of early June 2025, the script was no longer sending packets to localhost, with the code responsible for the _fbp cookie almost completely removed. • Yandex's Persistent Method: Yandex Metrica has been using localhost communications since February 2017 via HTTP and HTTPS requests, where their native apps act as a proxy to collect Android-specific identifiers like the AAID and Google's advertising ID, transferring them to the browser context. • Scale of Impact: These trackers are embedded on millions of websites globally. Meta Pixel is present on over 5.8 million websites (2.4 million according to HTTP Archive) and Yandex Metrica on close to 3 million sites (575,448 according to HTTP Archive)2122. Our research found that in a crawl of the top 100k sites, a significant number of sites (over 75% for Meta Pixel, 83-84% for Yandex Metrica) were attempting localhost communications potentially without user consent. • Browsing History Leakage: Yandex's use of HTTP requests for web-to-native ID sharing can expose users' browsing history to malicious third-party apps also listening on the same ports. Browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Edge were found to be susceptible to this leakage, even in private browsing modes. • Industry Response: While some browsers like Brave and DuckDuckGo were already blocking these practices due to blocklists and existing consent requirements, others like Chrome and Firefox have implemented countermeasures or are actively investigating. Google has stated this behaviour violates Play marketplace terms of service and user privacy expectations, and Meta has paused the feature while discussing with Google. • Lack of Awareness: Neither Meta nor Yandex publicly documented this specific localhost-based communication technique, and website owners and end-users were largely unaware of this covert tracking. Why This Matters: This research highlights a critical vulnerability in Android's design, where unvetted access to localhost sockets breaks the fundamental sandboxing principle between mobile and web contexts10.... Current "fixes" are often specific blocklists, which are temporary solutions in an ongoing "arms race" with trackers. A more comprehensive, long-term solution requires stricter platform policies and user-facing controls on Android to limit this type of access at a fundamental level40.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Thanks to our Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by Approov. Approov helps protect your mobile apps and APIs by enforcing trust boundaries between mobile clients and backend services. While it cannot control intentionally collected data, Approov significantly raises the bar for malicious or unauthorized data harvesting by others, mitigating ecosystem-level risks associated with identifier misuse44. Learn more about securing your mobile ecosystem at approov.io. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Relevant Links: • Read the full research paper: Link to the research paper "Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android" • Explore the Ars Technica article: Link to the Ars Technica article "Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers" • Learn more about mobile security: Link to the "Approov: Mobile Security and Data Protection" source. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords: Android tracking, mobile privacy, web-to-app tracking, localhost abuse, Meta Pixel, Yandex Metrica, data de-anonymization, user identity, mobile security, browser privacy, Android security, covert tracking, digital privacy, online tracking, bypass privacy, _fbp cookie, AAID, WebRTC, SDP Munging, STUN, TURN, data protection.

📣 New Podcast! "Caught Red-Handed: Meta & Yandex's Covert Android Surveillance!" on @Spreaker #androidprivacy #androidvulnerability #approov #appsecurity #cybersecurity #dataprotection #facebook #instagram #metapixel #mobilesecurity #onlinetracking #privacybreach #userprivacy #webtracking

Manser Ali

@themanserali.bsky.social

9 months ago

🚀 Optimize your GTM & GA4 workflow with these 10 Chrome extensions! Debug, test & track smarter.

#GTM #GA4 #AnalyticsTools #DigitalMarketing #TagManager #WebTracking #MarketingTips

GESIS Training

@gesistraining.bsky.social

10 months ago

Working on mobile designs & longitudinal data? 📱📊
Don’t miss our #GESISworkshop with @lukotto.bsky.social! Learn how to plan your study & use the #GESISAppKit effectively. Perfect for mobile research projects!

➡️ t1p.de/mobile-data-...

#SurveyDesign #SocialScience #MobileResearch #Webtracking

Magister Business Advisors

@magisterba.bsky.social

11 months ago

Blue Shield: Web Trackers Shared Member PHI With Google Ads Blue Shield of California is notifying health plan members that their protected health information was potentially shared for nearly three years with Google for

Blue Shield CA shared PHI with Google & Meta—via website trackers.

No hack. No breach. Just pixels doing what pixels do.

If you're in healthcare and running ads or analytics, you're not as safe as you think.

#HIPAA #PHI #DataPrivacy #WebTracking
🔗 zurl.co/lGNmn

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

@gesis.org

11 months ago

#GESISGuide #Webtracking
New GESIS Guide published:
Mangold, F., & Stier, S. (2025). Overview of Working with Web Tracking Data (GESIS Guides to Digital Behavioral Data, 23). Cologne: GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences.

doi.org/10.60762/ggd...

BiyteLüm

@biytelum.bsky.social

11 months ago

🔍 Web beacons track you through invisible images in emails & websites.

✅ They log email opens, clicks & location
✅ Work even if cookies are blocked

📌 How to stop them:
✔ Disable remote images in email
✔ Use Firefox + uBlock Origin
✔ Try Tor or Mullvad Browser

#Privacy #WebTracking #CyberSecurity

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

@gesis.org

1 year ago

#mte #meettheexperts #webtracking #datacollection
New #video on #YouTube:Meet our Experts Dr. Joachim Piepenburg and Dr. Frank Mangold who showcase research that linked surveys and #webtracking and present the data collection infrastructure.

PPC Land

@ppc.land

1 year ago

Chrome's Related Website Sets feature raises privacy concerns Research shows users struggle to identify related sites, potentially enabling cross-site tracking in Chrome despite third-party cookie deprecation.

Chrome's Related Website Sets feature raises privacy concerns: Research shows users struggle to identify related sites, potentially enabling cross-site tracking in Chrome despite third-party cookie deprecation. #PrivacyConcerns #Chrome #WebTracking #Cookies #UserPrivacy

Marketing News

@marketingnews.bsky.social

1 year ago

Chrome's Related Website Sets feature raises privacy concerns Research shows users struggle to identify related sites, potentially enabling cross-site tracking in Chrome despite third-party cookie deprecation.

Chrome's Related Website Sets feature raises privacy concerns: Research shows users struggle to identify related sites, potentially enabling cross-site tracking in Chrome despite third-party cookie deprecation. #PrivacyConcerns #Chrome #WebTracking #Cookies #UserPrivacy

PPC Land

@ppc.land

1 year ago

Google Analytics introduces Data Layer Tutorial for enhanced web tracking New video tutorial explains data layer implementation in Google Tag Manager and gag.js for improved website tracking and tag management.

Google Analytics introduces Data Layer Tutorial for enhanced web tracking: New video tutorial explains data layer implementation in Google Tag Manager and gag.js for improved website tracking and tag management. #GoogleAnalytics #DataLayer #WebTracking #TagManager #Gtag

Marketing News

@marketingnews.bsky.social

1 year ago

Google Analytics introduces Data Layer Tutorial for enhanced web tracking New video tutorial explains data layer implementation in Google Tag Manager and gag.js for improved website tracking and tag management.

Google Analytics introduces Data Layer Tutorial for enhanced web tracking: New video tutorial explains data layer implementation in Google Tag Manager and gag.js for improved website tracking and tag management. #GoogleAnalytics #DataLayer #WebTracking #TagManager #Gtag

Harun

@harun-sevinc.com

1 year ago

Just finished my latest blog post about #Privacy and #Browser #Fingerprinting.
Learn why #fingerprinting is a major privacy challenge, what makes it hard to fight, and the best tools & tricks to stay anonymous online.

#PrivacyMatters #CyberSecurity #BrowserFingerprinting #OnlinePrivacy #WebTracking

athome-it

@athome-it.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Webtracking Dienste sammeln täglich 1 Million an Nutzerdaten

Derzeit wird #Mozilla beschuldigt, Firefox-Nutzer ohne Erlaubnis zu tracken. Wie groß das Ausmaß des Datensammelns ist, zeigt eine aktuelle Kaspersky-Analyse. #Privatsphäre #Tracking #Datenschutz

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Steffen Pötzschke

@stpoetzschke.bsky.social

1 year ago

Interested in a unique opportunity to collect linked #WebTracking and #SurveyData free of charge?

Check out the current call for research proposals by the GESIS Panel.

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📅Submission deadline: October 1, 2024

Hannes Ullrich

@hannesullrich.com

1 year ago

Finally out, with Luis Aguiar, Tomaso Duso, Jonas Hannane, and Christian Peukert!

Returns to Data: Evidence from Web Tracking diw.de/documents/pu...

#Webtracking data are essential for consumer profiling that enables targeted advertising & content delivery.

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Weizenbaum-Institut

@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social

2 years ago

#populism #media #mediaattention #webtracking #wjds #socialscience #openaccess #openscience

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Daniel Reif🦉

@danreif.bsky.social

2 years ago

Google Chrome's Cookie Crackdown: Tracking Protection Begins Soon Google is way behind rival browser makers with this privacy move.

Google Chrome's Cookie Crackdown: Tracking Protection Begins Soon. ⚠️ www.cnet.com/tech/service... #WebTracking #CookieTracking #GoogleChrome

Daniel Reif🦉

@danreif.bsky.social

2 years ago

404 - Chrome for Developers Build the next generation of web experiences.

Preview of 2024: Preparing for the end of third-party cookies in Chrome... 🧐 developer.chrome.com/en/blog/cook... #ThirdPartyCookies #WebTracking #GoogleChrome

AdreanaLangston

@adreanalangston.bsky.social

11 years ago

@VerizonWireless #onlineprivacy #webtracking @FTC http://t.co/ZguE9wBcNK

Bruno Renkin

@bruno-renkin.bsky.social

11 years ago

Kiloutou retrouve le nom de ceux qui cliquent #webtracking https://t.co/LGai7jVdDk