This site has no cookies, no adverts and nothing that follows you around the web. It does count how it's read, so I can see which posts people find interesting. Here's exactly what that involves.

What's counted

• Which page you opened.
• The website that linked you here, if any, as its name only (for example, news.ycombinator.com).
• If a link you followed was tagged with where it was shared (autm_source like whatsapp), that tag.
• Your country, which Cloudflare works out from your connection.
• Whether you're on a phone, tablet or computer, worked out from your browser. Only that one word is kept.
• How far through a post you read, in steps of 25%, 50%, 75% and the end.

These are added to hourly totals. No IP address, browser details or identifier is kept, so nothing links one visit to another or back to you. The totals are only used to see what's working on this site, and they aren't shared with anyone.

Cloudflare

The site runs on Cloudflare, which handles your IP address to deliver pages to you. I also use Cloudflare Web Analytics to measure how quickly pages load. It doesn't use cookies or keep anything on your device. Cloudflare explains what it does with data in its privacy policy.

What's kept on your device

Nothing between visits, unless you switch counting off below, in which case your browser remembers that choice. While a tab is open, it also notes which reading milestones it has already counted, so reloading a post doesn't count it twice. That note is cleared when you close the tab.

Videos

YouTube videos only load when you press play. YouTube may then store data on your device, as described in Google's privacy policy.

Switching it off

Switching this off stops both the visit counts and Cloudflare Web Analytics in this browser, from the next page you open. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, nothing is counted and you don't need to do anything.

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