Hi all, Disconnecter here. This information about our list now appears on our FAQ, here. https://disconnect.me/help#where-can-i-find-disconnects-tracker-protection-list-and-how-is-this-list-created
We've been in the process of streamlining our FAQ / info on our site and in the process neglected to include the requested information, which we've made public in the past. Regards, Casey On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 4:44:07 AM UTC-7, Georg Koppen wrote: > Hi, > > recently, I was reading > http://ieee-security.org/TC/SPW2015/W2SP/papers/W2SP_2015_submission_32.pdf > lately and stumbled over: > > "We use a subset of approximately 1500 domains from Disconnect's > privacy-oriented blocklist[...]." > > I have two main questions with respect to this quote: > > 1) How is the subset determined? Where can I find the code (if there is > any) which is doing that? > > 2) How does Disconnect exactly determine which domains should be on this > blocklist in the first place? Where is the code or the rules governing > this process? > > Reading > https://disconnect.me/help#does-disconnect-block-all-ads-is-it-an-adblocker > (which is the only relevant thing I found on Disconnect's webpage i this > regard) is actually pretty scary (as it is rather vague): > > "Rather than block all advertisements, we only block the > privacy-invasive ads that invisibly track you and may be responsible for > distributing malware (malvertising) and other security threats." > > (Yes, there is the additional exemption mentioned that tracking sites > won't land on the blocklist if they comply with DNT in a meaningful way.) > > Georg _______________________________________________ dev-privacy mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-privacy
