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1x1 gif sneaks through

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:10 pm
by lshick
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.

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:48 pm
by rick752
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.

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:43 am
by Hubird
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.

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:56 am
by rick752
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.