Have you noticed that if you look at a part on Digikey, you see a zillion adds for it everywhere. MSN is especially bad.
Please click on as many as possible. I'm sure Digikey pays per click.
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2 years ago
Digikey tracking
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2 years ago
No, I haven't noticed that. Of course I only use a browser from a Qubes
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Phil Hobbs
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2 years ago
You dont use an ad blocker add-in in your web browser? (e.g., uBlock Origin)
You might also add-in "Clear Cache" as well; click on that after you exit DK (or any vendor).
Its likely DK stored local cookies on your PC that MSN, etc can then read
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2 years ago
John, we will all be paying for these clicks eventually. I rarely buy via digikey lately, not since Mouser made delivery at my doorstep with all customs etc. nonsense dealt with by them from within the EU, but still.
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I can't say I've noticed, but I use Firefox with the Privacy Badger add-on. It says it's blocked 18 possible trackers on the Digikey home page.
Sylvia
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2 years ago
Firefox and NoScript deal with blocking most of that. Looking at Digikey.ca I see the following websites that are called up:
digikey.ca analytics-egain.com evergage.com evgnet.com go-mpulse.net goggleoptimize.com (turned off) marketo.com tiqcdn.com trustwave.com
Most of the above must be turned on for the web site to work, but I do find that almost anything google related can blocked with no obvious impairment
John :-#)#