tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post7220595495389378146..comments2023-11-23T23:00:39.037-07:00Comments on Digital Analytics - University of Utah: Spying on SpiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10713303272595979820noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-85162106609097571722013-02-13T01:06:01.557-07:002013-02-13T01:06:01.557-07:00Robb, you can sleep at night (or during your web-s...Robb, you can sleep at night (or during your web-surfing sessions), by using Ghostery: http://dauofu.blogspot.com/2013/02/adventures-in-ghostery.htmlYorudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860703413364931713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-87786950933706216872013-02-13T01:05:23.906-07:002013-02-13T01:05:23.906-07:00Liz, thank you for the feedback! Check out my next...Liz, thank you for the feedback! Check out my next post, which is a follow up to this one. It shows you how to thwart the spies: http://dauofu.blogspot.com/2013/02/adventures-in-ghostery.htmlYorudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860703413364931713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-46684751119494936342013-02-13T01:04:35.435-07:002013-02-13T01:04:35.435-07:00Rob, you can begin to reclaim your privacy by usin...Rob, you can begin to reclaim your privacy by using Ghostery, as covered here: http://dauofu.blogspot.com/2013/02/adventures-in-ghostery.htmlYorudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860703413364931713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-56857982107096024382013-02-13T01:03:38.144-07:002013-02-13T01:03:38.144-07:00In the U.S. there aren't laws that require exp...In the U.S. there aren't laws that require explicit consent yet (opt-in). Tracking in most case is set to on, by default, though you can use tools like Ghostery (outlined here: http://dauofu.blogspot.com/2013/02/adventures-in-ghostery.html) to block a lot of the tracking.<br /><br />Europe has enacted some laws that more explicitly require you to opt in.Yorudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860703413364931713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-247782830237123442013-02-13T01:02:09.615-07:002013-02-13T01:02:09.615-07:00Here you are: http://dauofu.blogspot.com/2013/02/a...Here you are: http://dauofu.blogspot.com/2013/02/adventures-in-ghostery.html I don't go into detail about Do Not Track, though the link is at the first of the post. I really like what I found with Ghostery.Yorudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860703413364931713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-16333499895507046502013-02-13T01:01:24.873-07:002013-02-13T01:01:24.873-07:00You can stop it to a certain extent! Read http://d...You can stop it to a certain extent! Read http://dauofu.blogspot.com/2013/02/adventures-in-ghostery.html to learn about Ghostery.Yorudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860703413364931713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-91097288738480968662013-02-13T01:00:47.254-07:002013-02-13T01:00:47.254-07:00The takeway is covered here: http://dauofu.blogspo...The takeway is covered here: http://dauofu.blogspot.com/2013/02/adventures-in-ghostery.html. You can block the 1,351 different tracking tools individually or entirely using Ghostery.Yorudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860703413364931713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-64940601887109361582013-02-13T00:59:42.815-07:002013-02-13T00:59:42.815-07:00Kris, I explored Ghostery further here: http://dau...Kris, I explored Ghostery further here: http://dauofu.blogspot.com/2013/02/adventures-in-ghostery.html. Thank you for the great suggestion. Let me know if I missed any of the key pieces of the tool.Yorudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860703413364931713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-2190525809028556632013-02-13T00:58:56.161-07:002013-02-13T00:58:56.161-07:00Thanks for the feedback, Livis. My next post helps...Thanks for the feedback, Livis. My next post helps you know how to block tools that companies use when they are trying to take advantage of you: http://dauofu.blogspot.com/2013/02/adventures-in-ghostery.htmlYorudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860703413364931713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-2975144111819841822013-02-13T00:57:45.557-07:002013-02-13T00:57:45.557-07:00Thanks, Keiki! I explored Ghostery and learned a l...Thanks, Keiki! I explored Ghostery and learned a lot. I shared my findings in my next blog post here: http://dauofu.blogspot.com/2013/02/adventures-in-ghostery.htmlYorudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860703413364931713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-3265381629258372992013-02-11T20:18:41.464-07:002013-02-11T20:18:41.464-07:00How can they collect the data without consent? Do...How can they collect the data without consent? Do they view your "click" as consent?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581100969066921783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-15797491495847842672013-02-11T18:33:18.061-07:002013-02-11T18:33:18.061-07:00Interesting findings. I am going to use some of th...Interesting findings. I am going to use some of the tools you mentioned.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12952868997558261256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-70280006118519448552013-02-10T16:41:20.252-07:002013-02-10T16:41:20.252-07:00Great postGreat postAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625580233138247460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-9887547608945725802013-02-06T21:41:32.576-07:002013-02-06T21:41:32.576-07:00I don't want to comment because I feel like I ...I don't want to comment because I feel like I am being watched. :) I always felt like somebody's watching me, and now I know I don't have any privacy!<br />Rob Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002908733806585017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-6222099129864878452013-02-06T18:14:49.000-07:002013-02-06T18:14:49.000-07:00Thanks for this article. I think we usually realiz...Thanks for this article. I think we usually realize we are being "spied" on, but I didn't realize there were tools that showed exactly what was being pulled from the site. Great information. Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17217730513224317327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-33333899235219439322013-02-05T20:42:20.712-07:002013-02-05T20:42:20.712-07:00Great post, I will start using some of the packet ...Great post, I will start using some of the packet sniffing tools you presented. I had no idea you could track the trackers over the web.Michttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01691992045051814729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-86433662553876296482013-01-31T10:11:30.031-07:002013-01-31T10:11:30.031-07:00Yorudante rules!Yorudante rules!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15057008284980302085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-43037013392333767862013-01-30T23:27:17.144-07:002013-01-30T23:27:17.144-07:00There was a story in the news recently (working at...There was a story in the news recently (working at a media clipping company I see lots of news!) about how some companies will raise the price on an item depending on how many times a person looks at it! So for instance if there are some airline tickets that you are looking at and you keep returning to the same website, or a pair of shoes you keep looking at, the price will go up because they can see you are super interested in that item! But the price only goes up for you. Another person who only looks once and buys will pay less. It has a name and I'm thinking it's illegal??! I didn't know we could spy on them too. That might be an interesting thing to track.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02878766222277155066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-3025304719179685962013-01-30T21:18:35.018-07:002013-01-30T21:18:35.018-07:00my favorite is Ghostery http://www.ghostery.com/
t...my favorite is Ghostery http://www.ghostery.com/<br />that made me delete other the kind of tools from my browser (Chrome) Keikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13022996198097366162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-49479351293548587442013-01-30T20:04:14.092-07:002013-01-30T20:04:14.092-07:00Great stuff, wasn't aware of these tools. Than...Great stuff, wasn't aware of these tools. Thanks.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751619909203083077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-26283044701626614962013-01-30T19:15:49.581-07:002013-01-30T19:15:49.581-07:00I think my next post will be about how to block th...I think my next post will be about how to block them from tracking you. There are some good tools out there to help anonymize you. Thanks for the feedback, everybody.Yorudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15860703413364931713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-80302890658516577992013-01-30T19:15:01.264-07:002013-01-30T19:15:01.264-07:00great info...
Now I'm going to be worried ev...great info... <br />Now I'm going to be worried every time I go to a new website.robbKOFOEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695382419680561786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-18397245807667515072013-01-30T19:13:58.329-07:002013-01-30T19:13:58.329-07:00I use Charles Proxy everyday at work and when I fi...I use Charles Proxy everyday at work and when I first got started using it, it was enlightening to me to see just how many tags were firing with each page load! I've learned to love Charles as you can display the tag list clearly with all label values in a clean interface. I frequently filter out the garbage tags which I'm not interested in and have even used it to add additional labels and values to the tag before sending it to my analytics platform. This allows me to actually track the data which I am testing from tag fire through processing and into the interface in order troubleshoot and validate the entire data path. I know fiddler is a similar tool and very popular in the analytics industry. Thanks for the post!Travis S. Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440305672159619402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-47211713731622670432013-01-30T19:06:23.787-07:002013-01-30T19:06:23.787-07:00It is kind of creepy how they are tracking us, but...It is kind of creepy how they are tracking us, but that is the world today. Everything is online and therefore can be tracked. However, at least we can track them too!Kelly Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844437364310638907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928093089596170811.post-77129093649779685272013-01-30T18:42:00.912-07:002013-01-30T18:42:00.912-07:00very cool details! Love that we can know what they...very cool details! Love that we can know what they are doing but hate that we really can not stop it. Ryan Hornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947592207326272244noreply@blogger.com