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(Via David’s blog) David Cancel’s written a Greasemonkey script which alerts you to the various web beacons / tracking bugs used on the websites you visit. David’s updated the script recently, including the following changes: Favicons are now stored locally to increase performance. Updated definition for Lookery Updated definition for Google Analytics Added definition for Piwik Analytics Added definition for Mint Added definition for Facebook Beacon Added definition for TypePad Stats Added definition for Wordpress Stats Go here to get it. Not sure I can surf with this enabled all the time, given the number of sites using these various services - but it is certainly interesting to try it out for a while and see how common they are.

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