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RE: Did you know? Twitter knows when you buy eggs, milk, and cheese in the REAL WORLD?

in #privacy • 8 years ago (edited)

There is no 'they' on Steemit. It is we, us, the blockchain.

steemit.com uses some fonts served by google. Your usage here is tracked by google at least.

http://fontfeed.com/archives/google-webfonts-the-spy-inside/

not saying this is good, bad or indifferent, just saying that yes, there is definitely outside tracking.

edit after looking for a couple minutes:

Not sure what information it keeps from other sources, but if you signup with facebook, it looks like steemit.com also keeps your registered name on fb and facebook email.

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     8 years ago  

    True. And also google analytics :)

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     8 years ago  

    Privacy Badger blocks their cookies, which helps to reduce their ability to track you, especially if you have a VPN turned on.

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    Yeah, i use something similar. For steemit at least, that looks like the extent of the tracking here (which is great). Though, oddly enough, steemit doesn't seem to be looking at your facebook data from your browser. It looks like steemit saves the name and email of the facebook account you signed up with. Im not sure who this information is or potentially could be shared with, but yes, they definitely collect and store it.

    I used a sock-puppet facebook account to sign up for steemit, for privacy reasons, and the name and email from that account still seem to appear in pages served to me, even though im logged into my real FB account while browsing.