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This thesis uses large-scale measurements to characterize how different
kinds of domains in Sweden and internationally use web site resources.
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Resources were grouped by mime type, URL protocol, domain, if it matches
the domain the request originated from and compared to lists of known trackers
and organizations.
This thesis shows the use of resources internal versus external to the
entry domain, which the most common confirmed trackers are, what spread
they have and how much the average internet user can expect to be tracked
by visiting some of the most important and popular sites in Sweden, Denmark
and worldwide.
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Software for automated, repeatable retrieval and analysis of large amounts
of web sites was developed, and released as open source (see
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Datasets based on publicly available domain lists have been released for
scientific scrutinization.
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The data allows analysis of web sites' HTTP requests including the use
of resources internal versus external to the entry domain, which the most
common confirmed tracker organizations are, what spread they have and how
much the average internet user can expect to be tracked by visiting some
of the most important and popular sites in Sweden, Denmark and worldwide.
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First, adaption of HTTPS for different domains is characterized from a Swedish
perspective.
The adaption between classes of domains within Sweden, as well as against
popular international domains are compared.

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Second, the use of third-party trackers and other third-party services for
different classes of domains, is analyzed.
Using public lists of potential tracker domains, we analyze and compare
the wide spread adaption of these services across domains within Sweden,
as well as internationally.

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