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The CNAME of the Game: Large-scale Analysis of DNS-based Tracking Evasion — HN submission

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:57:13 GMT

DNS-based Tracking Evasion (2021)

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The CNAME of the Game: Large-scale Analysis of DNS-based Tracking Evasion — mentioned by MarkSweep

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:00:46 GMT

This already here, but made with a subdomain that CNAMEs to a tracker domain: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.09301

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The CNAME of the Game: Large-scale Analysis of DNS-based Tracking Evasion — mentioned by throwaway77112

Fri, 28 May 2021 06:48:06 GMT

I think most tracking is not visible to the user, as in seeing an ad. About CNAME, I think this is what you're looking for: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.09301

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The CNAME of the Game: Large-scale Analysis of DNS-based Tracking Evasion — mentioned by MarkSweep

Wed, 19 May 2021 23:06:14 GMT

Some trackers are having people setup CNAME records on their domains, so the tracker cookies appear to be first party: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.09301

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The CNAME of the Game: Large-scale Analysis of DNS-based Tracking Evasion — HN submission

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:37:31 GMT

The CNAME of the Game: Large-scale Analysis of DNS-based Tracking Evasion

115 points; 82 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.

The CNAME of the Game: Large-scale Analysis of DNS-based Tracking Evasion — HN submission

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:10:29 GMT

Cname / DNS based third party tracking

108 points; 47 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.

The CNAME of the Game: Large-scale Analysis of DNS-based Tracking Evasion — HN submission

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:36:23 GMT

The Cname of the Game: Large-Scale Analysis of DNS-Based Tracking Evasion

2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.