Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)

Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by Saris on Sunday February 20, 2022 @10:22PM (#30411624)

Just block the GTM js from loading, it'll stop it easily.

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by seandoe on Sunday February 20, 2022 @10:33PM (#30411682)

The big change they are suggesting is that the gtm code is no longer accessed via a predictable Google domain, rather it is requested through a subdomain of the parent site.

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by pixeldetracking on Monday February 21, 2022 @08:07AM (#30415472)

yes, custom names for loader: https://www.simoahava.com/analytics/custom-gtm-loader-server... and even hosted on your own infra: https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/serve...

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by Saris on Monday February 21, 2022 @09:33AM (#30416278)

uBlock already blocks stuff like Plausible analytics based on what's in the code, even if it runs on the parent site. Would this be any different?

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by HWR_14 on Sunday February 20, 2022 @11:52PM (#30412100)

Block the code that they suggest changing the name, domain, and function signatures of? How?

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by inlined on Monday February 21, 2022 @01:35AM (#30412555)

If the loops, if statements, and block scopes are similar then the graph can be fuzzily identified. They’ve had anti-plagiarism software for years.

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by Deukhoofd on Monday February 21, 2022 @03:37AM (#30413286)

Annoyingly that would still require downloading them, which I'd definitely prefer not to. It's bloat that serves me no purpose.

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by inlined on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:06AM (#30416626)

For popular sites a backlist could be formed after the first person downloads it.

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by HWR_14 on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:48AM (#30417159)

Can you point me to some anti-plagiarism software? Because this doesn't sound like it will work at a non-trivial level.

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