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When a site has stuff blocked, the tracker count is often small - eg. 1. However, once you allow trackers, the same page may then get a higher score - eg. in the twenties. EBay → My Account is a good example: DoubleClick only is shown until you white-list eBay.
Could you mention in the tutorial that the value shown for blocked items may not strictly represent the true total?
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Hi George,
Thanks for reaching out to Ghostery!
When you allow trackers, they can bring in other trackers with them. When you block, those piggy backers are not allowed in. So the tracker counts are true given the blocking selections you have made.
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I figured that much out for myself: my point was
Could you mention in the tutorial that the value shown for blocked items may not strictly represent the true total?
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This safe might have other safes inside it (stacked, or nested like matryoshka.)
Or, it could be empty. As long as it remains locked, its contents can't hurt you — and you won't know what they are.
This is about as silly as arguing whether a bag of peanuts needs to be labeled with "[allergy] warning: contains peanuts."
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Fair point. None-the-less, it gives people a surprise to click "Whitelist Site" and see a barrage of previously unknown trackers.
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Um, yeah. Which is why whitelisting should be a strategy of last resort, or reserved for "emergency" situations (e.g. completing an online purchase when facing an imminent deadline). It's one of those "burning your fingertips" lessons that doesn't quite sink in until you experience it firsthand.
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OK. I'm fine with that then. It is, I suppose, rather unforgettable.
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