The Tracker Guide to the Cloud

The Tracker Guide to the Cloud will help you to better understand what happens when you open a website in your browser. Which content is being “pulled in” from the cloud, and which user data is being collected by the present trackers. It will also help you relate to cloud critique, and formulate your own viewpoints and research projects. The publication was developed by researchers at the Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam and information designers at DensityDesign, Politecnico di Milano. This field guide offers an introduction to recognizing the traces and fingerprints of online trackers, and content served through the Content Delivery Networks of the cloud. Research by: Diego Dacal, Kalina Dancheva, Carolin Gerlitz, Anne Helmond, Sara Minucci, Sabine Niederer, Lonneke van der Velden, and Esther Weltevrede. Design by: Alessandro Brunetti and Gabriele Colombo First edition: July 2012 Second edition: September 2015