Re: Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis)

From: Gary McGath <developer_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:34:11 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Proxying has no effect on canvas fingerprinting.

On 8/18/14 4:47 AM, Edward Spodick wrote:
> So a question - should we start proxying AddThis.com and ShareThis.com
> and their ilk whenever our proxy is being used, precisely to complicate
> the tracking?
> 
> -Edward
> 
> On 17/8/14 12:25 am, Eric Hellman wrote:
>> So, 2 points worth discussing here.
>>
>> 1. I'll bet you most proxy servers are not proxying AddThis.com or
>> Sharethis.com. So there wouldn't be any effect of proxying on the user
>> tracking they do.


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Gary McGath, Professional Software Developer
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Received on Mon Aug 18 2014 - 07:34:47 EDT