Web bugs

Reading about web bugs

 * Wikipedia on Web Bug
 * EFF's Web Bug FAQ

Web Bugs on LiveJournal


7 Days in a Sentra ( 7daysinasentra ) and My Darkest Secret ( mydarkestsecret ) were allowed to set a 1x1 transparent GIF from advertising servers while they were being featured on the front page. This means their (or one of LiveJournal's?) advertising companies, were able to track every time the front page of LiveJournal was loaded with the web bug, which is probably why they claim to be able to offer "an unobstructed view of everything your customer does".

The web bug set by 7 Days in a Sentra ( 7daysinasentra ) came from Atlas Solutions. The web bug set by My Darkest Secret ( mydarkestsecret ) came from DoubleClick.

You can use Adblock or Adblock Plus to block the URLs associated with these sites:

http://view.atdmt.com/ http://atdmt.com/ http://ad.doubleclick.net/

This will prevent any web bugs of theirs from loading.