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While browsing web sites third-party resources track your online habits
and build a persona for advertising and resale.
It was previously unknown how many third-party resources, known trackers
and tracker companies are represented on an average web site.
While downloading over
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globally popular as well as random .com/.net/.se/.dk web sites, in-browser
HTTP traffic was recorded and analyzed.
Data shows that known third-party resources including known trackers have
a presence on over 70%
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70-93%
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of sites, that Google has a presence of over 47%
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47-90%
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and that third-party hosted
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such as video, scripts and fonts make up a large portion of known trackers.
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Introduction
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How many companies are tracking you online, and how much information does
the average Swede leak while using popular .se websites? Many, and a lot
- more than you think.
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And now they are selling it as hard facts behind the scenes.
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While browsing the web users are both actively and passively being tracked
by multiple companies, for the purpose of building a persona for targeted
advertising.
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Front pages of approximately
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and worldwide.
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Introduction
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Context
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This thesis is being written in the office of - and in collaboration with
- .SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation), who graciously supported
me with domain data and internet knowledge.
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Context
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Part of .SE’s research efforts include continuously analyzing internet infrastruc
ture and usage in Sweden.
Part of .SE’s research efforts include continuously analyzing internet infrastru
cture and usage in Sweden.
Yearly reports since 2007
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