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This may be an issue with "SE Headquarters", but I'll report it here as this is where I've seen it:

I am getting notifications from a couple of sources regarding trackers, etc on U&L SE. I'm reporting this because I've been using SE for years, and have never seen these notifications until very recently.

"Privacy Badger" reports 6 trackers:
cdn.cookielaw.org graph.facebook.com pagead2.googlesyndication.com www.googletagmanager.com lh5.googleusercontent.com www.gravatar.com

"uBlockOrigin" reports 2 blocked sites: googlesyndication.com googletagmanager.com

When I see the word "google", I become "annoyed"; perhaps I'm prejudiced?... But yes - I do think that Google Sucks!!

My question is this: Has this site (U&L SE), or "SE Headquarters" recently hired Google to begin tracking its users?

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  • Related from two years ago: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/377822/… Commented Oct 15, 2024 at 18:20
  • In general, questions such as this belongs on the main Meta site, not out on the U&L branch of the tree. Commented Oct 15, 2024 at 18:23
  • @Kusalananda: As I said in the first sentence of my Q... Commented Oct 15, 2024 at 21:37
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    I'll tag our SE support team and see if they can shed any light. Commented Oct 16, 2024 at 15:25
  • Stack Overflow and our Stack Exchange sites have some tracking in regards to ads. This is not something new, and no recent changes have been made. Commented Oct 16, 2024 at 20:53
  • @Dalmarus: Well gee - it must be those pesky Extensions on Firefox. I guess they must have been sleeping - or just goofing off - for all these years. Funny they both seemed to wake up at the same time. Sarcasm aside for a moment, I'd like to know WHY SE feels it necessary to track all of its users? Is this something you get paid for - tracking us, I mean? Commented Oct 16, 2024 at 21:51
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    @Seamus this has been discussed at great length on the main meta (IMO, SE haven't given a particularly good answer, but it does seem like they're mostly getting usage information). See Stop tracking users without their consent, Why is the Google Analytics cookie defined as "strictly necessary" and saved without consent?, Is the company selling our Personal Information or not? and various others. Commented Oct 17, 2024 at 16:53

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