1x1 gif sneaks through

lshick · Post by **lshick** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:10 pm

On www.wellsfargo.com is an element S.GIF loaded via

<a href="/browser/jaws_setting"><img src="/img/s.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="JAWS 4.5 users can change text link setting to hear clearer link descriptions" /></a>

I have an element hiding filter

#IMG(WIDTH=1)(HEIGHT=1)

which generally works fine but for some reason is not blocking this item. What am I missing?

Thanks.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:48 pm

Element hides only 'hide' the item and does nothing for tracking. The item it still downloaded. 'Hiding' a 1x1.gif actually does nothing to keep it from tracking you.

You will need to 'block':

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wellsfargo.com/img/s.gif

... for it to be effective.

Post by **Hubird** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:43 am

Can this be added to the ABP Tracking Filter, having people spy on our surfing habits is worse than them pushing ads in our faces.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:56 am

Hubird wrote:Can this be added to the ABP Tracking Filter, having people spy on our surfing habits is worse than them pushing ads in our faces.

Blocking randomly named images would be an insane task. There would be thousands of them. The first-party, non-scripted images aren't the ones that bother me ... the ones that really bother me are the 3rd-party, scripted trackers and analyzers.