uBlock website contains tracking pixels

[thegoodthings]

Why does the site for a program which claims to be against 'sneaky tracking' contain a tracking pixel^[1] from service Typekit?

By the way, it's also unusable when blocking third-party resources…

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^{[1] Typekit script loads tracking pixel https://p.typekit.net/p.gif}

[nyuszika7h]

You can block that with a static filter. I presume @chrisaljoudi just wanted to use a nice font not available elsewhere.

[thegoodthings]

You can block that with a static filter.

That's not the concern - it's blocked by default uBlock filter lists.

It just seems extremely hypocritical to use such tracking pixels on a website for a project that claims to be against, and blocks, online tracking.

[chrisaljoudi]

@One23 Fixed.

Note: I think it's pretty misleading to say that the uBlock website used tracking pixels. Typekit did — the uBlock website neither triggered nor monitored the request or any tracking associated therewith.

[thegoodthings]

Thank you for fixing! Sorry about the wording, I suppose it was misleading in a way…

[chrisaljoudi]

@One23 Not a problem — was just making sure there was no misunderstanding going on.

Thanks for reporting this (I had noticed a while ago but forgot to get back to it).