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In the past, only technically adept users were able to discover the existence of third-party tracking tools on sites they visited or whether these sites honored opt-out and Do Not Track requests, though research has shown that this is a widespread concern in the total online population. TrackingCookie.info provides a browser extension that immediately shows users this information in a visual and easy-to-read format, collated from a new and automated data structure.---We built a cloud-based crawling infrastructure (that runs on Amazon EC2) to gather http traffic, cookies, javascripts API calls, etc., and generate a database -- previously this data existed only as snapshots. Also, our data tracks whether web sites honor opt-out and Do Not Track requests by removing its tracking cookies. All this data is then made available in visual and easy-to-read form for users through our browser extension.---Non-technical users concerned with whether and how they are being surveilled but lacked the technical expertise. In addition, this increases the population practicing surveillance, leading perhaps to an improved environment for personal information security and privacy.
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
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