On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 10:44 AM Ken Dibble <ken@???> wrote:
>
> On 3/9/22 11:11, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> > Greetings
> >
> > Wondering what others are noticing.
> >
> > I made a purchase from an online store - - - its a smaller entity that
> > covers some interesting niches - - therefore the order.
> >
> > In doing the purchase - - - noticed, using uBlockOrigin and
> > PrivacyBadger, that paypal 'only' has some 9 domains linked into the
> > transaction. Hmmm - - - that's not all - - - that's what PrivacyBadger
> > was picking up - - - uBlockOrigin noted that there were some 15
> > domains of which it blocked some 4. Still linked were crackbook and a
> > bunch of ms googly's garbage.
> >
> > So I called the company to tell them that I found this concerning.
> >
> > I asked the person that I was talking to if they were into internet
> > privacy and security - - - very much so was the answer. So I asked him
> > why he needed all these domains connected. The long and short of it
> > was that he got quite huffy and asked me to cancel my order (and
> > without saying so) get lost. It is more important to him that everyone
> > and his dog know about his transactions that it is for him to make
> > transactions.
> >
> > I do wish there were a way of warning other customers - - - - his
> > website is likely a magnet for web bottom feeders and he doesn't think
> > its worth things about.
> >
> > Oh well - - - for me - -
> > - once and not again.
> >
> > Its bloody hard not to purchase online - - - what are any of you
> > seeing, think about this, doing about this?
> >
> > What can be done to minimize the negative effects of dealing with this
> > kind of website?
> >
> > Hopefully not just adjudged as noise!
> >
> > TIA
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> I am not sure what you mean by "domains linked in".

For giggles I grabbed the list from uBlockOrigin right here reading
gmail's stuff:
all
images
3rd-party
inline scripts
1st-party scripts
3rd-party scripts
3rd-party frames
google.com
aa.google.com
apis.google.com
clients2.google.com
addons-pa.clients6.google.com
appsgrowthpromo-pa.clients6.google.com
people-pa.clients6.google.com
signaler-pa.clients6.google.com
contacts.google.com
mail.google.com
mail-ads.google.com
ogs.google.com
googleusercontent.com
ci3.googleusercontent.com
ci4.googleusercontent.com
ci5.googleusercontent.com
ci6.googleusercontent.com
lh3.googleusercontent.com
gstatic.com
fonts.gstatic.com
ssl.gstatic.com
www.gstatic.com


Each line is another domain.


Regards