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Ghostery 5.2.1 alerts 1 tracker ("mixpanel") found, although the source code of this page does not contain the given string. How can this be?

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Pete (Senior Communications Manager) May 28, 2014 11:33

Hi Cghost,

Thanks for using Ghostery!

Can you send me the URL? Also.. which version of Firefox and Ghostery are you using?

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Hi Cghost, Thanks for using Ghostery! Can you send me the URL? Also.. which version of Firefox and Ghostery are you using?

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cghost May 28, 2014 12:35

it's
http://claus-schmidt.de/gui3/
using Firefox 29.0.1 and Ghostery 5.2.1

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Eric P. Scott May 28, 2014 12:59

I don't see any trackers on that page.

However, if Ghostery does report Mixpanel, it's almost certainly not a false alarm.

Example: www.kickstarter.com

You won't find the tracker if you just view the page source, because it's not in the HTML — it's called from inside a script.

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I don't see any trackers on that page. However, if Ghostery does report Mixpanel, it's almost certainly not a false alarm. Example: www.kickstarter.com You won't find the tracker if you just view the page source, because it's not in the HTML — it's called from inside a script. <a href="https://d2r1vs3d9006ap.cloudfront.net/s3_images/1060546/mxpnl1.png"><img src="https://d2r1vs3d9006ap.cloudfront.net/s3_images/1060546/mxpnl1_inline.png" width="490" height="400" alt="" /></a> <a href="https://d2r1vs3d9006ap.cloudfront.net/s3_images/1060547/mxpnl2.png"><img src="https://d2r1vs3d9006ap.cloudfront.net/s3_images/1060547/mxpnl2_inline.png" width="490" height="400" alt="" /></a>

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