I got a popup out of nowhere in the middle of my screen, here, on DFans, about ScoreCard Research.
The shit scared me, I thought it was a virus at first. Quick search and I found out its not quite so. Its a legal tracking "device" that tracks people's browsing "without their consent". Luckily, you can opt out at their website.
This is bullshit, and I am absolutely astonished that this place is taking part in this crap. Though respectfully to you people, it could be Curse's fault, not DFans per say.
I just wanted to send a global middle f... herr, I mean frustration, to whomever decided to try and track what I'm doing on this website. I do not care who you are, or how legal it is. You do NOT track anything I do without my consent. I will NOT allow it.
I had noticed a bunch of slowdowns on certain websites trying to get in. Apparently its caused by this. So far, I never noticed. If you have similar issues, internet seems to hang at various websites, or if you ever get the Scorecard popup, you know why.
You do what you want with this so called "legal" procedure, but I'm making sure everybody knows. Privacy is sacred in all of its forms. I hope nobody part of the DFans team had a say in this.
Odd that it would spam you with a pop up, though. COMSCORE is written all over the JS and AFAIK comScore (scoreboard) != quantcast. They are, in fact, arch enemies in the web traffic calculation market.
*sigh* I remember the days without ads...Gotta pay the bills I suppose.
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Any chance you snagged the link of the ad? I can send it over to the guy that takes care of the ads and have him look at it. As Mags said, we just get whatever ads Curse uses in the rotation.
The shit scared me, I thought it was a virus at first. Quick search and I found out its not quite so. Its a legal tracking "device" that tracks people's browsing "without their consent". Luckily, you can opt out at their website.
This is bullshit, and I am absolutely astonished that this place is taking part in this crap. Though respectfully to you people, it could be Curse's fault, not DFans per say.
There's an article about Scorecard Research here: http://www.bloggernews.net/122771
I just wanted to send a global middle f... herr, I mean frustration, to whomever decided to try and track what I'm doing on this website. I do not care who you are, or how legal it is. You do NOT track anything I do without my consent. I will NOT allow it.
I had noticed a bunch of slowdowns on certain websites trying to get in. Apparently its caused by this. So far, I never noticed. If you have similar issues, internet seems to hang at various websites, or if you ever get the Scorecard popup, you know why.
You do what you want with this so called "legal" procedure, but I'm making sure everybody knows. Privacy is sacred in all of its forms. I hope nobody part of the DFans team had a say in this.
it apparently is through the overall popup ie googleads.
hence
http://b.scorecardre...h.com/beacon.js
is flagged and blocked
also use this
http://adblockplus.org/en/
to get rid of any further ads or popups
I added it to all my block lists already, I didn't mean to call for "help" just to voice the issue.
Ergo: http://www.quantcast.com/diablofans.com
Odd that it would spam you with a pop up, though. COMSCORE is written all over the JS and AFAIK comScore (scoreboard) != quantcast. They are, in fact, arch enemies in the web traffic calculation market.
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
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