webbkoll
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Web beacons not detected
It would be nice if web beacons like Facebook Pixel etc. were also detected.
Agreed. Right now one can deduce that from third-party requests / cookies (looks like Facebook Pixel triggers a request to https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js and sets a cookie called _fbp) - third-party requests get a classification thanks to https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect-tracking-protection - but it would be great to present what this really means ("this site uses Google Analytics/Facebook Pixel/...").
We used to have something like this for a few services, but I'd prefer not to have us maintain our own list if possible. I wonder if there's a good, open list somewhere? (Like, something more detailed than Disconnect's list, for at least the most common beacons/trackers)