I just noticed that Safari has prevented 74 trackers profiling my online presence across 68 web-sites. googletagmanager.com is one of the trackers and one of the web-sites attempting to track me is askaboutmoney.com.
Other trackers initiated from ask about money.com are:
alexmetrics.com
concensu.com
doubleclick.net
facebook.net
quantserve.com
What is the purpose of this attempted tracking, are the site admins aware it is happening and have I agreed to have these trackers monitor my data simply by using the site?
This isn't a browser extension or add-in, this is a preference pane in the browser itself doing the job I asked it to do. Stats indicate that 70% of the sites I access try to initiate tracking of my browsing activity. Most of the sites that initiate tracking are trying to sell me something or sell my profile to others for commercial gain, which is why it makes no sense (to me) for askaboutmoney.com to have this type of functionality turned on, unless it is inadvertent.
Thanks, mathepac
Other trackers initiated from ask about money.com are:
alexmetrics.com
concensu.com
doubleclick.net
facebook.net
quantserve.com
What is the purpose of this attempted tracking, are the site admins aware it is happening and have I agreed to have these trackers monitor my data simply by using the site?
This isn't a browser extension or add-in, this is a preference pane in the browser itself doing the job I asked it to do. Stats indicate that 70% of the sites I access try to initiate tracking of my browsing activity. Most of the sites that initiate tracking are trying to sell me something or sell my profile to others for commercial gain, which is why it makes no sense (to me) for askaboutmoney.com to have this type of functionality turned on, unless it is inadvertent.
Thanks, mathepac