On: Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2...

[gigel82]

How do you identify tracking proxies though? When everything is going through the same domain you don't even know if data is being sent to Google, it's all a server-side black box.

[pixeldetracking → gigel82]

ublock origin has actually an experimental option for this: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#...

only issue with blocking the proxies is that you can now decide to host the container on your own infra through docker, and it's documented by Google: https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/serve...

I guess this is very interesting for many people, especially in Europe with the "Google Analytics ban"

[aembleton → gigel82]

By using Cname uncloaking that uBlockOrigin can do on Firefox. It should see that the real domain is Google Tag Manager.

[thejohnconway → aembleton]

I think the article mentions that Google recommends against using Cname for this, and using A records instead.

[tasha0663 → thejohnconway]

> Google recommends against using Cname for this

So use Cname? :D

[thejohnconway → tasha0663]

Sites want the ads to get through, right? So they’re going to do the thing that makes that happen: A records.