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diff --git a/of_privacy_and_traffic_tracking.html b/of_privacy_and_traffic_tracking.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5589eaf --- /dev/null +++ b/of_privacy_and_traffic_tracking.html @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +<!doctype html> +<html lang="en"> +<meta charset="utf-8"> +<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> +<meta name="author" content="aki"> +<meta name="tags" content="privacy, analytics, traffic, tracking"> +<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="cylo.png"> +<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"> + +<title>Of Privacy and Traffic Tracking</title> + +<nav><p><a href="https://ignore.pl">ignore.pl</a></p></nav> + +<article> +<h1>Of Privacy and Traffic Tracking</h1> +<p class="subtitle">Published on 2020-07-11 21:11:00+02:00 +<p>Over the past weeks I wondered if anyone actually reads or visits this website. I kind of started worrying that +someone could want to leave some feedback in one way or another. I have plans to handle that, but I also have other +interests right now. I decided to quickly set up a method that will show me that there is no need to worry or hurry up. +<p>I deployed the very first version today. I think I spent more time deploying it to the server compared to the amount +of time I put into writing it (systemd had some life problems and I was extremely stubborn to preserve 517 day long +uptime). Anyway, don't expect too much from it. +<p>The goals are quite clear: respect user's privacy and collect useful information. Filter the data as soon as possible +to minimize what is stored. I'm not interested in some big data or hard-core traffic analysis across huge chunks of the +Internet (sup, Google Analytics). I just want to know if there is someone who spent time reading what I wrote.</p> +<img src="of_privacy_and_traffic_tracking-1.png" alt="magnifying glass"> +<p>Ok, so what data do I collect right now?</p> +<ul> +<li>Address of the tracked page +<li>Address of the page that user came from (referrer) +<li>Time and date when user loaded the tracked page +<li>Time spent on the tracked page +<li>The lowest vertical position user scrolled to +</ul> +<p>That's all. I don't collect any form of identification. Data that is stored is not even linked to the IP address that +sent it over. <strong>That's the point</strong>. +<p>In future I would like to minimize data collection even further. I already mentioned early filtering, but there are +also some other improvements I would like to have. The approaches are quite naive. For example, time user spent looking +at the page is calculated as time from <code>load</code> event to <code>beforeunload</code> event. +<p>Source code is available via <a href="https://git.ignore.pl/stats/">public git repository</a>. +</article> +<script src="https://stats.ignore.pl/track.js"></script> |