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uBlockOrigin shows me a blocked connection every time i visit techpowerup, that's www.googletagmanager.com
It is also possible that techpowerup.com shares data with tpucdn.com which has a connection to another server, that is www.google-analytics.com (tracking request)
Why does TPU make connections to google?
I have read the privacy policy and terms of service, it's short, easy to understand and looks almost trustworthy. What doesn't look trustworthy are the connections to google.
I'll quote
here, "Your IP address is recorded when you perform certain actions on our site. Your IP address is never publicly visible."
My question, does this exclude sharing a users IP adress with third-parties such as google?
Another quote from https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/help/terms/ "All Content you submit or upload may be sent to third-party verification services (including, but not limited to, spam prevention services). Do not submit any Content that you consider to be private or confidential."
As i've said before, the privacy policy & terms of service appear to have no evil intent, what particularly caught my attention are the google-connections, it is disturbing that a major part of the internet has these connections, if it's not for tracking purposes it's still shocking just how heavily websites rely on google.
Particularly the phrase "These terms may be changed at any time without notice." found in the terms of service could be used for evil intent at any time in the future.
TLDR; privacypolicy & termsofservice seem legitimate, but what's the matter with googletagmanager and googleanalytics!?!
It is also possible that techpowerup.com shares data with tpucdn.com which has a connection to another server, that is www.google-analytics.com (tracking request)
Why does TPU make connections to google?
I have read the privacy policy and terms of service, it's short, easy to understand and looks almost trustworthy. What doesn't look trustworthy are the connections to google.
I'll quote
![www.techpowerup.com](https://tpucdn.com/forums/data/assets/logo/logo-og-v1.png)
My question, does this exclude sharing a users IP adress with third-parties such as google?
Another quote from https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/help/terms/ "All Content you submit or upload may be sent to third-party verification services (including, but not limited to, spam prevention services). Do not submit any Content that you consider to be private or confidential."
As i've said before, the privacy policy & terms of service appear to have no evil intent, what particularly caught my attention are the google-connections, it is disturbing that a major part of the internet has these connections, if it's not for tracking purposes it's still shocking just how heavily websites rely on google.
Particularly the phrase "These terms may be changed at any time without notice." found in the terms of service could be used for evil intent at any time in the future.
TLDR; privacypolicy & termsofservice seem legitimate, but what's the matter with googletagmanager and googleanalytics!?!
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