ad-blocker detection scripts

Hello all.

In the context of our draft Group Note on Fingerprinting Guidance for Web Specification Authors [1] and general Web privacy mandate, it might be worthwhile to discuss the specific issue of sites running scripts to detect the presence of ad-blockers/tracking blockers. This issue was recently highlighted in a tweet from Alexander Hanff and picked up by various media sources, including this article in the Register:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/23/anti_ad_blockers_face_legal_challenges/

Christine

[1] https://www.w3.org/TR/fingerprinting-guidance/

Received on Friday, 29 April 2016 13:08:33 UTC