Tracker found On the Scratch website

Reebooted21

Hi guys it's Ree and here is a horrifying truth :

That's right trackers on the scratch website, spread the message to get it to the ST

Flowermanvista

The ST develops and moderates this site. They know what they put on there and they know what they don't put on there. They've made the conscious decision to add Google Analytics to this site.

I can't explain the Verizon tracker, though - that doesn't show up on my machine and I'm 99.9% sure that the ST didn't put that there. Potential causes include your ISP spying on you by injecting tracking code into pages, or an extension spying on you by injecting tracking code into pages.

Reebooted21

Flowermanvista wrote:
The ST develops and moderates this site. They know what they put on there and they know what they don't put on there. They've made the conscious decision to add Google Analytics to this site.

I can't explain the Verizon tracker, though - that doesn't show up on my machine and I'm 99.9% sure that the ST didn't put that there. Potential causes include your ISP spying on you by injecting tracking code into pages, or an extension spying on you by injecting tracking code into pages.

Here's a meme why that's a big deal

ST: No posting of personal info it breaks the community guidelines
Also ST: *keeps a google tracker which traces everything you do*

-CloudGate-

https://flippingbook.com/help/common/what-can-i-track-using-google-analytics#GA6

Maximouse

Flowermanvista wrote:
I can't explain the Verizon tracker, though - that doesn't show up on my machine and I'm 99.9% sure that the ST didn't put that there. Potential causes include your ISP spying on you by injecting tracking code into pages, or an extension spying on you by injecting tracking code into pages.

It does show up for me. It's not my ISP or an extension because it doesn't appear on other sites.

-CloudGate-

the scratch team must have put them there for a good reason, if you're worried then contact them

Pufferfish_Test

I'm pretty sure this has happened before - they did have another tracker but took it down once it was reported… I'll try to find the topic.
Maybe it was put there for some sort of testing thing? I don't know.
Anyway, Google Analytics is probably because Google helps or funds them or something, and the deal was probably ‘if you give us all your user’s data we'll be nice to you' because google

I'm not saying anything against the ST or Google - I'm sure most people have tracker blockers installed and tbh the only thing they could steal from me that I care about are my passwords, and I think we'd all know if they tried to do that.

mtech22

Privacy Policy wrote:
We also work with analytics providers, such as Google Analytics, which use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the site and report on activities and trends.

Jeffalo

ScratchReinert wrote:
Maximouse wrote:
Flowermanvista wrote:
I can't explain the Verizon tracker, though - that doesn't show up on my machine and I'm 99.9% sure that the ST didn't put that there. Potential causes include your ISP spying on you by injecting tracking code into pages, or an extension spying on you by injecting tracking code into pages.
It does show up for me. It's not my ISP or an extension because it doesn't appear on other sites.
Maybe [browser extension], I had it on, tracker, off, no tracker (after browser restart)

as far as i know that browser extension should not be injecting trackers into the page, i'll ask world_language's though

edit: tried a fresh install of edge chromium with no browser extensions and i am seeing the verizon tracker

Last edited by Jeffalo (Nov. 3, 2020 17:53:17)

A-E-

Pufferfish_Test wrote:
I'm pretty sure this has happened before - they did have another tracker but took it down once it was reported… I'll try to find the topic.
Maybe it was put there for some sort of testing thing? I don't know.
Anyway, Google Analytics is probably because Google helps or funds them or something, and the deal was probably ‘if you give us all your user’s data we'll be nice to you' because google
I'm not saying anything against the ST or Google - I'm sure most people have tracker blockers installed and tbh the only thing they could steal from me that I care about are my passwords, and I think we'd all know if they tried to do that.

Used to have newrelic running.

A-E-

On the logged out homepage I see Google Analytics and some Wistia endpoint (distillery.wistia.com) blocked.

Vercte

Reebooted21 wrote:
Flowermanvista wrote:
The ST develops and moderates this site. They know what they put on there and they know what they don't put on there. They've made the conscious decision to add Google Analytics to this site.

I can't explain the Verizon tracker, though - that doesn't show up on my machine and I'm 99.9% sure that the ST didn't put that there. Potential causes include your ISP spying on you by injecting tracking code into pages, or an extension spying on you by injecting tracking code into pages.
Here's a meme why that's a big deal

ST: No posting of personal info it breaks the community guidelines
Also ST: *keeps a google tracker which traces everything you do*

All Google analytics does is just how many users visit their site, how many per day, average visit length, and unique users.

BobzGamesAlt

While yes Google Analytics can track personal information, only the pool of users can only be viewed, and it can't be used to look at a certain person's information.

lovecodeabc

My browser / operating system: MacOS Macintosh X 10.15.6, Safari 14.0.1, No Flash version detected
Lol an over complication of that I have an iPad 7 and safari lol.

thanks for the good meme
5 trackers also! That’s insane!

Sheep_maker

Looking at the network log, it seems that the Scratch news images are hosted on Tumblr?? And Tumblr's parent is Verizon Media.

Your browser sends them your user agent (browser and OS), IP, and preferred languages, which can be used for fingerprinting, but I doubt Verizon cares

Maximouse

Sheep_maker wrote:
Looking at the network log, it seems that the Scratch news images are hosted on Tumblr??

The news themselves are hosted on Tumblr: https://blogscratch.tumblr.com/

Jeffalo

Maximouse wrote:
Sheep_maker wrote:
Looking at the network log, it seems that the Scratch news images are hosted on Tumblr??
The news themselves are hosted on Tumblr: https://blogscratch.tumblr.com/

it's kinda funny since im pretty sure the scratch team has the resources to run the news blog on their own site, but maybe Tumblr was chosen for convenience or something

Burgher1679

i use also (chromium) edge , but i don't see trackers

Maximouse

Jeffalo wrote:
Maximouse wrote:
Sheep_maker wrote:
Looking at the network log, it seems that the Scratch news images are hosted on Tumblr??
The news themselves are hosted on Tumblr: https://blogscratch.tumblr.com/
it's kinda funny since im pretty sure the scratch team has the resources to run the news blog on their own site, but maybe Tumblr was chosen for convenience or something

It used to be at https://scratch.mit.edu/news , but it was moved to Tumblr when the home page got the 3.0 design (2015).

Maximouse

Burgher1679 wrote:
i use also (chromium) edge , but i don't see trackers

It may depend on your settings at edge://settings/privacy .

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