Mastodon MigrationJan 10, 2025

If you use #Bluesky be sure to install a tracker blocker.

Thanks to @BlurryBitsPhoto for calling attention to this privacy nightmare: https://pnw.zone/@BlurryBitsPhoto/113804648365475726

Apparently Bluesky ranks among the worst in their experience for trackers.

Here is a comparison of the uBlock Origin filter log for bsky.app versus Mastodon 👀

(Note: had to cut off the bsky.app page as the log just went on and on yielding dozens of blocks and kept streaming in.)

Blurry Bits Photography (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Oh it became pretty evident to me during my short stay on Bluesky On average, after about ten minutes of browsing - uBlock will show 100-150 various trackers being blocked. I've seen the count go over 300. Crap sites like RawStory always ran the numbers up, but in the amount of time browsing - They may be one of the top-100 worst data aggregators out there. They are selling that user base outright.

The PNW Zone
Show threadFla
@mastodonmigration @[email protected] but can you actually explain what is wrong with events.bsky.app ? What is sent there, what is recorded, what is done with it?
Jan 22, 2025 at 3:47pmWeb
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@fla @BlurryBitsPhoto

Nope. No idea, and don't care to know. It should not be our job to identify what tracking is OK and what is not. No tracking at all is what we should be requiring.

Show threadFlaJan 22, 2025
@mastodonmigration @[email protected] but what makes you think this is tracking in the first place? What do you call tracking?
Show threadFlaJan 22, 2025

@mastodonmigration @[email protected]

I mean, don't get me wrong, I think we can trust the people behind @ublockorigin but I'm still curious about what made them consider it tracking.