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Re:EFF's Panopticlick 2.0 Launches with Tracker Protection T... by rocky1138 on Thursday December 17, 2015 @02:08PM (#10753648)
Will blocking them at the HOSTS file level decrease exposure as well? My gut says yes, but I wanted to check.

Also, does this test check for that and/or give points for that?

Here is the HOSTS file I use to block ads: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt

Re:EFF's Panopticlick 2.0 Launches with Tracker Protection T... by XzetaU8 on Thursday December 17, 2015 @03:40PM (#10754361)
Re:EFF's Panopticlick 2.0 Launches with Tracker Protection T... by legind on Thursday December 17, 2015 @03:45PM (#10754402)
Yes, our test does work for that and various hosts-based blockers are supported (like AdAway for Android, for example). In order for our test to give accurate results, the host-based blocker has to add our simulated trackers to its block list, which some lists may not have done yet.