Google Fonts is blocked
hectorm opened this issue · 4 comments
See also how google fonts tracks: google/fonts#2345
I have no interest in blocking google fonts, but I’m also not inclined to unblock gstaticadssl.l.google.com over it, especially considering the tracking they are doing.
Yes, I'm aware of Google using their font service to collect statistics, in fact it is not something they hide, they have a section on their website that shows some data: https://fonts.google.com/analytics
However, since Google Fonts does not require JS, the data they can collect with it is more limited.
It is a difficult decision between more privacy and breaking some websites.
Do you know if the domain gstaticadssl.l.google.com is used in other Google services that have more privacy implications?
Although it cannot be guaranteed that the domain gstaticadssl.l.google.com is being used for other purposes, I checked the CNAME records of this list and the only one I found was fonts.gstatic.com.
I understand that people would not want fonts blocked. This is why I do not block fonts.gstatic.com. However, I do block gstaticadssl.l.google.com, which is an ad host (gstatic ad ssl). It’s really unfortunate that they use that as a CNAME for fonts. Let’s leave this ticket open, but as more and more CNAME issues pop up- I have less and less interest in whitelisting based on them. I’m not blocking `fonts.gstatic.com and if it ends up being blocked for you because of a CNAME reference, then it’s on you to figure out how to whitelist it. At least that’s my viewpoint on this matter at the moment.