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If you use #Bluesky be sure to install a tracker blocker.

Thanks to @BlurryBitsPhoto for calling attention to this privacy nightmare: pnw.zone/@BlurryBitsPhoto/1138…

Apparently Bluesky ranks among the worst in their experience for trackers.

Here is a comparison of the uBlock Origin filter log for bsky.app versus Mastodon 👀

(Note: had to cut off the bsky.app page as the log just went on and on yielding dozens of blocks and kept streaming in.)

Side by side comparison of uBlock Origin filter logs for bsky.app and Mastodon

Blurry Bits Photography (@BlurryBitsPhoto@pnw.zone)

@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online Oh it became pretty evident to me during my short stay on Bluesky On average, after about ten minutes of browsing - uBlock will show 100-150 various trackers being blocked. I've seen the count go over 300.
The PNW Zone
#bluesky @Blurry Bits Photography
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Magenta Rocks
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@stux

Sharing if this helps.

This is what my trackers show me about bluesky. It is mainly adblock plus, but that extension does not show the details. Duck duck go does identify third party trackers but they go back to bluesky I think.

Adblock plus icon showing 83 items blocked
Duck duck go showing no tracking request found but there are third party items which are caught by ad block plus
Third party trackers identified by duck duck go
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stux⚡
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Yeah super tracker free :flan_laugh: :no:

@MagentaRocks @mastodonmigration @BlurryBitsPhoto

21 blocks on bsky.app in uBlock
@Mastodon Migration @Magenta Rocks @Blurry Bits Photography
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