Tor NoScript visit tracker

Post by jakobdabo » Tue, Mar 08, 2016, 9:17 AM UTC

alphapapa wrote: post #17

hackuser wrote: post #2

> NoScript Tracker is a basic tracker that makes use of iframes and the Refresh HTTP header to measure how long users spend on web pages. > It is ideal for getting basic usage statistics on the Tor network, where JavaScript is not an option for most users. NoScript can block iframes; will that disable this tracker? Also, does the Tor Browser, which includes NoScript, default to blocking iframes?

NoScript->Options->Embeddings->Additional restrictions for untrusted sites->Forbid Just turned that option on, myself. I might have had it on years ago--can't remember for sure--but now that I know it's being abused, I'll definitely leave it on. IFRAMEs are generally poor practice, anyway.

Post by Syrup-tan » Thu, Mar 10, 2016, 4:22 PM UTC

korm wrote: post #7

jakobegger wrote: post #4

What else, besides using Tor, and turning off Javascript, does a user have to do that a website operator finally gets they don't want to be tracked?

But this can't track individual users, it just provides general usage statistics, like visitor retention. I'd be interested in a viable example of this being used to identify users.