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> Ad-blocking is a necessary form of protection from corporate stalking

To give a concrete example in support of your statement, here is what Dr.Dobb's does in the web page of the article on topic (and I did have click-to-play enable, might have been worst without it) for someone without a blocker:

    cmp.112.2o7.net
    a.adroll.com
    d.adroll.com
    ct1.addthis.com
    m.addthis.com
    s7.addthis.com
    ib.adnxs.com
    secure.adnxs.com
    adserver.adtechus.com
    imp2.bizographics.com
    js.bizographics.com
    www.bizographics.com
    admin.brightcove.com
    i.cmpnet.com
    disqus.com
    content.dl-rms.com
    drdobbs.disqus.com
    googleads.g.doubleclick.net
    www.drdobbs.com
    a.disquscdn.com
    img.drdobbs.com
    s2150.t.eloqua.com
    s657486201.t.eloqua.com
    img.en25.com
    connect.facebook.net
    s-static.ak.facebook.com
    static.ak.facebook.com
    fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net
    www.google.ca
    www.google.com
    www.google-analytics.com
    partner.googleadservices.com
    www.googleadservices.com
    ajax.googleapis.com
    pagead2.googlesyndication.com
    tpc.googlesyndication.com
    www.googletagservices.com
    ml314.com
    platform.linkedin.com
    www.linkedin.com
    static.licdn.com
    i.techweb.com
    ins.techweb.com
    ng.techweb.com
    platform.twitter.com
    cdn.syndication.twitter.com
    twimgs.com
    thewallstreetwiki.com
    i.ubm-us.net
    dev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com
Ads are just the visible tip of the data-mining iceberg.


Also, this load error. If your user name is dblake, watch out! "Not allowed to load local resource: file:///Macintosh%20HD/Users/dblake/.launchpad/cm001.ubm-us.net/cache/defau…ache/default/main/Images/ddj/WORKAREA/ddj/v2/css/SeanStuff/superfooter.css"




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