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Re:The IAB loves tracking users. But it hates users tracking... by nicolas_t on Monday January 16, 2023 @09:43AM (#34401102)
I setup a sequence of letters which makes it completely unobvious for anyone who doesn't know the sequence
Re:The IAB loves tracking users. But it hates users tracking... by hgsgm on Monday January 16, 2023 @01:47PM (#34404053)
If you own your own domain, it's trivial for them to notice that it's a vanity domain for a single user or small group. The only way to hide is to have thousands of friends with diverse interests using your domain.
Re:The IAB loves tracking users. But it hates users tracking... by paledot on Monday January 16, 2023 @11:22PM (#34409097)
Trivial to a human looking at the data set, but it's something the algorithm would have to be trained to recognize.
Re:The IAB loves tracking users. But it hates users tracking... by account42 on Monday January 23, 2023 @07:19AM (#34487958)
Not really - in practice the tracking system can have a list of email providers and treat every other domain as one user (especially ones with catch-all setups).
Re:The IAB loves tracking users. But it hates users tracking... by nicolas_t on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @09:46AM (#34412958)
I don't think it's trivial at all? I sign up with random first names and last names, my email address doesn't have the actual company name and I don't think there's that many people with vanity domains to justify adding code to track this use case.