From 828fb80650a02e06907c3726ed6dce69600e76f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Eidelpes Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 17:54:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Use more formal language --- defences.tex | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/defences.tex b/defences.tex index 6cb10f4..00cd7ab 100644 --- a/defences.tex +++ b/defences.tex @@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ third approach works by curating blocklists \emph{algorithmically}. Privacy Badger, developed by the \gls{EFF}, does not maintain a regularly updated blocklist but instead relies on heuristics to detect third party tracking. -In their survey of about 120,000 web sites, \citet{merzdovnikBlockMeIf2017} find -that the most popular choice Adblock Plus blocks the least amount of requests by +In their survey of 120,000 web sites, \citet{merzdovnikBlockMeIf2017} find that +the most popular choice Adblock Plus blocks the least amount of requests by third parties. Additionally, their results indicate that centralized blocklists are more effective than community-driven ones in reducing the number of requests to third parties. Algorithmic approaches such as Privacy Badger lead to a