From: SourceForge.net <no...@so...> - 2011-10-19 13:21:44
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Actionsfile feedback item #3421764, was opened at 2011-10-11 05:01 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by dstahlke You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=460288&aid=3421764&group_id=11118 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: filter: other problem Group: None >Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: dan stahlke (dstahlke) Assigned to: Fabian Keil (fabiankeil) Summary: facebook trackers Initial Comment: Maybe some people like having Facebook's "like" button and "who likes" panes on various pages (e.g. on arstechnica.com) but I consider it to be a tracker. The rule below blocks all of the Facebook stuff on the pages I have looked at, and doesn't seem to affect the performance of Facebook. {+block{Facebook "like" trackers.}} www.facebook.com/(extern|plugins)/(login_status|like|likebox|activity).php ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: dan stahlke (dstahlke) Date: 2011-10-19 05:21 Message: From arstechnica: Oct 19 09:10:27.073 7f399cff9700 Request: www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2Farstechnica&width=300&colorscheme=light&show_faces=false&stream=false&header=false&height=62&border_color=%23FFFFFF Oct 19 09:10:27.142 7f399cff9700 Request: www.facebook.com/plugins/activity.php?site=arstechnica.com&width=300&height=370&header=false&colorscheme=light&recommendations=false&border_color=%23FFFFFF From a wsj.com story: Oct 19 09:16:33.450 7f39c77fe700 Request: www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth?api_key=368513495882&app_id=368513495882&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Df24cac4af%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fonline.wsj.com%252Ff1b037e354%26relation%3Dparent.parent%26transport%3Dpostmessage&client_id=368513495882&display=none&locale=en_US&origin=1&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Df1d0dc2abc%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fonline.wsj.com%252Ff1b037e354%26relation%3Dparent%26transport%3Dpostmessage%26frame%3Df3597606cc&response_type=token%2Csigned_request%2Ccode&sdk=joey Oct 19 09:16:33.933 7f39e89f3700 Request: www.facebook.com/plugins/fan.php?api_key=368513495882&connections=10&height=250&id=8304333127&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&stream=false&width=377 Oct 19 09:16:33.940 7f39d8ff9700 Request: www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?api_key=368513495882&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Df13997452c%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fonline.wsj.com%252Ff1b037e354%26relation%3Dparent.parent%26transport%3Dpostmessage&extended_social_context=false&href=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052970204485304576640791304008536.html&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&node_type=link&ref=wsj_share_FB&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false&width=90 So it seems there are a wide variety of URLs associated with facebook. I didn't even list "plugins/fan.php" or "dialog/oauth" in my bug report above, although they show up on WSJ pages. I don't remember what pages produced examples for "login_status.php". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Fabian Keil (fabiankeil) Date: 2011-10-16 05:53 Message: Thanks for the report. Nowadays Privoxy's default configuration isn't supposed to cause too many problems, so I'm not sure if blocking these URLs by default would be a good idea. Putting the section inside a comment in user.action as a suggestion shouldn't be a problem, though. Eventually we should probably think about adding another action file with more aggressive site-specific sections. Added as TODO list item #99. Can you provide example URLs for regression testing? On arstechnica.com I only see: http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2Farstechnica&width=300&colorscheme=light&show_faces=false&stream=false&header=false&height=62&border_color=%23FFFFFF and http://www.facebook.com/plugins/activity.php?site=arstechnica.com&width=300&height=370&header=false&colorscheme=light&recommendations=false&border_color=%23FFFFFF But given that they are inside mysterious <iclint> tags they don't seem to be actually requested. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=460288&aid=3421764&group_id=11118 |