Which companies are tracking you at SBR?

[The Kraken]

Google analytics
Google adsense
PiWik
AddThis

Is this bad? ChiliDog? JohN?

I don't know much about tracking, affiliates, etc... What are these companies collecting, just browsing habits? Or more?

MSNBC is the worst yet, 16 companies track on their website.

[jjgold]

Everyone tracks everyone

Know way around it

Deal with it

[KiDBaZkiT]

Everyone tracks everyone

Know way around it

Deal with it

Lol. What a sweet kid.

[gauchojake]

Illiterate Weekend Tico JJ Is On it

[chilidog]

Everything is tracked. Google Analytics is mainly for sbr's benefit to know their traffic. Of course, google uses this information as well. Piwik is a server-side analytics software package, also just for sbr to track their traffic. Adsense is by google, pure advertising - sbr makes $$ this way. Addthis is a social-sharing company. If you've ever seen those facebook like buttons on various websites all over this place, companies like AddThis are behind things like this. Everything is tracked, everything. If you're logged into google (gmail, youtube, google plus, etc) or yahoo or facebook, then every search you make, every site you visit is logged, and related advertising is shown to you. It's also stored for law enforcement reasons, in case you ever do anything wrong.

People think that if they use private or incognito mode that they'll be safe - nope. Sure, it won't track you through cookies or account logins, but there are other forms of tracking - for instance, your ip, flash, and a few other things. You're always tracked. Everything you search, every site you visit, every email you send/receive - it's all stored.

Google analytics
Google adsense
PiWik
AddThis

Is this bad? ChiliDog? JohN?

I don't know much about tracking, affiliates, etc... What are these companies collecting, just browsing habits? Or more?

MSNBC is the worst yet, 16 companies track on their website.

[The Kraken]

So it seems as if the tracking is benign. Just another aid for businesses to use for whatever reason. I wasn't sure if I should be blocking these companies or not. But you've answered my questions. Thanks Chili.

[onacloud]

[Ho Le Fuk]

Everything is tracked. Google Analytics is mainly for sbr's benefit to know their traffic. Of course, google uses this information as well. Piwik is a server-side analytics software package, also just for sbr to track their traffic. Adsense is by google, pure advertising - sbr makes $$ this way. Addthis is a social-sharing company. If you've ever seen those facebook like buttons on various websites all over this place, companies like AddThis are behind things like this. Everything is tracked, everything. If you're logged into google (gmail, youtube, google plus, etc) or yahoo or facebook, then every search you make, every site you visit is logged, and related advertising is shown to you. It's also stored for law enforcement reasons, in case you ever do anything wrong.

People think that if they use private or incognito mode that they'll be safe - nope. Sure, it won't track you through cookies or account logins, but there are other forms of tracking - for instance, your ip, flash, and a few other things. You're always tracked. Everything you search, every site you visit, every email you send/receive - it's all stored.

which can all be changed mind you. for all my isp knows im sitting it sheboygan wisconsin

[chilidog]

So it seems as if the tracking is benign. Just another aid for businesses to use for whatever reason. I wasn't sure if I should be blocking these companies or not. But you've answered my questions. Thanks Chili.

It's all about money, that's all. Nothing for you to be concerned with.

[chilidog]

which can all be changed mind you. for all my isp knows im sitting it sheboygan wisconsin

sure, there are definitely ways to hide yourself, but they're kind of beyond the average user's technical ability.

[Ho Le Fuk]

sure, there are definitely ways to hide yourself, but they're kind of beyond the average user's technical ability.

and here at sbr, thats a good 95% i would say

[VegasInsider]

Their uploading all the porn from your computer

[billysink]

So it seems as if the tracking is benign. Just another aid for businesses to use for whatever reason. I wasn't sure if I should be blocking these companies or not. But you've answered my questions. Thanks Chili.

Everything benign until you get out of fukkin bed in the morning.

Fukkin track me all you want.

Send me a damn pizza too. You know my fukkin toppings, just make sure its fukkin hot when it gets here.

Thanks in advance

[The Kraken]