On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 10:44 AM Ken Dibble <k...@beckydibble.com> wrote: > > On 3/9/22 11:11, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > Greetings > > > > Wondering what others are noticing. > > > > I made a purchase from an online store - - - its a smaller entity that > > covers some interesting niches - - therefore the order. > > > > In doing the purchase - - - noticed, using uBlockOrigin and > > PrivacyBadger, that paypal 'only' has some 9 domains linked into the > > transaction. Hmmm - - - that's not all - - - that's what PrivacyBadger > > was picking up - - - uBlockOrigin noted that there were some 15 > > domains of which it blocked some 4. Still linked were crackbook and a > > bunch of ms googly's garbage. > > > > So I called the company to tell them that I found this concerning. > > > > I asked the person that I was talking to if they were into internet > > privacy and security - - - very much so was the answer. So I asked him > > why he needed all these domains connected. The long and short of it > > was that he got quite huffy and asked me to cancel my order (and > > without saying so) get lost. It is more important to him that everyone > > and his dog know about his transactions that it is for him to make > > transactions. > > > > I do wish there were a way of warning other customers - - - - his > > website is likely a magnet for web bottom feeders and he doesn't think > > its worth things about. > > > > Oh well - - - for me - - > > - once and not again. > > > > Its bloody hard not to purchase online - - - what are any of you > > seeing, think about this, doing about this? > > > > What can be done to minimize the negative effects of dealing with this > > kind of website? > > > > Hopefully not just adjudged as noise! > > > > TIA > > _______________________________________________ > > Dng mailing list > > Dng@lists.dyne.org > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > I am not sure what you mean by "domains linked in".
For giggles I grabbed the list from uBlockOrigin right here reading gmail's stuff: all images 3rd-party inline scripts 1st-party scripts 3rd-party scripts 3rd-party frames google.com aa.google.com apis.google.com clients2.google.com addons-pa.clients6.google.com appsgrowthpromo-pa.clients6.google.com people-pa.clients6.google.com signaler-pa.clients6.google.com contacts.google.com mail.google.com mail-ads.google.com ogs.google.com googleusercontent.com ci3.googleusercontent.com ci4.googleusercontent.com ci5.googleusercontent.com ci6.googleusercontent.com lh3.googleusercontent.com gstatic.com fonts.gstatic.com ssl.gstatic.com www.gstatic.com Each line is another domain. Regards _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
