Digikey tracking...

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Have you noticed that if you look at a part on Digikey, you see a
zillion adds for it everywhere. MSN is especially bad.

Please click on as many as possible. I\'m sure Digikey pays per click.



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I yam what I yam - Popeye

 

[Phil Hobbs]

jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

Have you noticed that if you look at a part on Digikey, you see a
zillion adds for it everywhere. MSN is especially bad.

Please click on as many as possible. I\'m sure Digikey pays per click.

No, I haven\'t noticed that. Of course I only use a browser from a Qubes
4.1 DispVM, over a good VPN, with browser fingerprinting opportunities
minimized. [You can find out about how nearly unique your browser
signature is, even without cookies, by looking at
<https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/>.]

That way I\'m hard to identify, and any cruft the web site leaves on my
computer goes away when I close the browser, which kills the DispVM.

Highly recommended to folks who care about such things.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com

 

[Rich S]

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 3:58:25 PM UTC, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

Have you noticed that if you look at a part on Digikey, you see a
zillion adds for it everywhere. MSN is especially bad.

Please click on as many as possible. I\'m sure Digikey pays per click.



--

I yam what I yam - Popeye

You dont use an ad blocker add-in in your web browser?
(e.g., uBlock Origin)

You might also add-in \"Clear Cache\" as well; click on that after
you exit DK (or any vendor).

Its likely DK stored local cookies on your PC that MSN, etc can
then read

 

[g_wolf]

On 3/15/2022 10:58 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

Have you noticed that if you look at a part on Digikey, you see a
zillion adds for it everywhere. MSN is especially bad.

Please click on as many as possible. I\'m sure Digikey pays per click.

 

[Dimiter_Popoff]

On 3/15/2022 17:58, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

Have you noticed that if you look at a part on Digikey, you see a
zillion adds for it everywhere. MSN is especially bad.

Please click on as many as possible. I\'m sure Digikey pays per click.

John, we will all be paying for these clicks eventually.
I rarely buy via digikey lately, not since Mouser made delivery
at my doorstep with all customs etc. nonsense dealt with by
them from within the EU, but still.

 

[John Doe]

Phil Hobbs wrote:

I only use a browser from a Qubes 4.1 DispVM, over a good VPN, with
browser fingerprinting opportunities minimized. [You can find out about
how nearly unique your browser signature is, even without cookies, by
looking at <https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/>.]

I always wonder about that type of stuff.

Local security... Using 7-Zip, BEWARE. When you open an encrypted file,
the thing puts an UNENCRYPTED version right there on your primary drive C
in an obscurely named folder and does not bother to remove your UNENCRYPTED
file when 7-Zip is closed. Bewildering but true. The infamous BleachBit
can programmatically remove that folder.

 

[John Doe]

Using a VPN also allows choosing a server in a country that limits website
cookies. Some countries require Google websites to prompt for cookie
settings, so tracking can be limited.

 

[Sylvia Else]

On 16-Mar-22 2:58 am, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

Have you noticed that if you look at a part on Digikey, you see a
zillion adds for it everywhere. MSN is especially bad.

Please click on as many as possible. I\'m sure Digikey pays per click.

I can\'t say I\'ve noticed, but I use Firefox with the Privacy Badger
add-on. It says it\'s blocked 18 possible trackers on the Digikey home page.

Sylvia

 

[John Robertson]

On 2022/03/15 8:58 a.m., jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

Have you noticed that if you look at a part on Digikey, you see a
zillion adds for it everywhere. MSN is especially bad.

Please click on as many as possible. I\'m sure Digikey pays per click.

Firefox and NoScript deal with blocking most of that. Looking at
Digikey.ca I see the following websites that are called up:

digikey.ca
analytics-egain.com
evergage.com
evgnet.com
go-mpulse.net
goggleoptimize.com (turned off)
marketo.com
tiqcdn.com
trustwave.com

Most of the above must be turned on for the web site to work, but I do
find that almost anything google related can blocked with no obvious
impairment

John :-#)#