Distil Bot Discovery (distiltag.com)
“Distil Networks is an American cybersecurity. Its main product provides bot detection and mitigation.” – Source
Ethical design violations
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tracker
Monetises you.
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fingerprint
Canvas fingerprinting.
Block rule
Block domain distiltag.com
- trigger:
- url-filter: distiltag.com
- load-type: third-party
- action:
- type: block
Prevalence
Moderate: found on 0.2% of surveyed sites (13 instances observed).
Notes
- The ownership of distiltag.com is hidden in whois.
- Run by Distil Bot Discovery source.
- “During the course of providing our Services, we assist our Customers in detecting and preventing automated threats and other information security vulnerabilities in relation to our Customers’ digital properties (e.g., websites, mobile applications and APIs). To achieve that end, we analyze the traffic for our Customers’ digital properties and differentiate between the legitimate users of such properties and automated threats. Distil makes these determinations by automated and manual analyses using several potential indicators, such as IP addresses, information about your browser, device identifiers, your device’s operating system, information about your visit (including the URL clickstream to, through and from our Customer’s digital properties), number of visits to a digital property, CAPTCHA challenges and other page interactions, etc. (which we collectively refer to as “Fingerprints”), as well as by configurations set by our Customers.” Distil Privacy Policy.
About Better
Better is a Safari content blocker for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It protects you from trackers and malvertising by enforcing the principles of Ethical Design.