{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3082521871","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2020-0079","title":"In-Depth Evaluation of Redirect Tracking and Link Usage","display_name":"In-Depth Evaluation of Redirect Tracking and Link Usage","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-08-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3082521871","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2020-0079","mag":"3082521871"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.2478/popets-2020-0079","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2020-0079","pdf_url":"https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/popets-2020-0079","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210183172","display_name":"Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies","issn_l":"2299-0984","issn":["2299-0984"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320322","host_organization_name":"De Gruyter Open","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320322","https://openalex.org/P4310313990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["De Gruyter Open","De Gruyter"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/popets-2020-0079","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5078769020","display_name":"Martin Koop","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I186354981","display_name":"University of Passau","ror":"https://ror.org/05ydjnb78","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I186354981"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I94624287","display_name":"University of Twente","ror":"https://ror.org/006hf6230","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I94624287"]}],"countries":["DE","NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Martin Koop","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universit\u00e4t Passau","University of Twente,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universit\u00e4t Passau","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I186354981"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Twente,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I94624287"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039255435","display_name":"Erik Tews","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I94624287","display_name":"University of Twente","ror":"https://ror.org/006hf6230","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I94624287"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Erik Tews","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Twente","University of Twente,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Twente","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I94624287"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Twente,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I94624287"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5036400192","display_name":"Stefan Katzenbeisser","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3608-874X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I186354981","display_name":"University of Passau","ror":"https://ror.org/05ydjnb78","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I186354981"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I94624287","display_name":"University of Twente","ror":"https://ror.org/006hf6230","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I94624287"]}],"countries":["DE","NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Stefan Katzenbeisser","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universit\u00e4t Passau","University of Twente,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universit\u00e4t Passau","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I186354981"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Twente,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I94624287"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.0321,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":16,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94530116,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"2020","issue":"4","first_page":"394","last_page":"413"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11045","display_name":"Privacy, Security, and Data Protection","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11045","display_name":"Privacy, Security, and Data Protection","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11644","display_name":"Spam and Phishing Detection","score":0.9973000288009644,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12335","display_name":"Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology","score":0.9929999709129333,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bittorrent-tracker","display_name":"BitTorrent tracker","score":0.8872331380844116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/crawling","display_name":"Crawling","score":0.8843763470649719},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.784919023513794},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tracking","display_name":"Tracking (education)","score":0.7497215270996094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/server","display_name":"Server","score":0.7329186201095581},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/block","display_name":"Block (permutation group theory)","score":0.6689877510070801},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.5639868378639221},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tracking-system","display_name":"Tracking system","score":0.5301079750061035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/web-server","display_name":"Web server","score":0.42495420575141907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/the-internet","display_name":"The Internet","score":0.32931357622146606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/eye-tracking","display_name":"Eye tracking","score":0.3101358711719513},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.14182862639427185}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C57501372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2021268","display_name":"BitTorrent tracker","level":3,"score":0.8872331380844116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100368936","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411725","display_name":"Crawling","level":2,"score":0.8843763470649719},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.784919023513794},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775936607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466845","display_name":"Tracking (education)","level":2,"score":0.7497215270996094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.7329186201095581},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777210771","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4927124","display_name":"Block (permutation group theory)","level":2,"score":0.6689877510070801},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.5639868378639221},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154586513","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4420972","display_name":"Tracking system","level":3,"score":0.5301079750061035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11392498","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11288","display_name":"Web server","level":3,"score":0.42495420575141907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.32931357622146606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56461940","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970687","display_name":"Eye tracking","level":2,"score":0.3101358711719513},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.14182862639427185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105702510","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514","display_name":"Anatomy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157286648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846780","display_name":"Kalman filter","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.2478/popets-2020-0079","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2020-0079","pdf_url":"https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/popets-2020-0079","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210183172","display_name":"Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies","issn_l":"2299-0984","issn":["2299-0984"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320322","host_organization_name":"De Gruyter Open","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320322","https://openalex.org/P4310313990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["De Gruyter Open","De Gruyter"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ris.utwente.nl:publications/93bdd831-dd64-4690-8336-380d3b3ffe88","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://research.utwente.nl/en/publications/93bdd831-dd64-4690-8336-380d3b3ffe88","pdf_url":"https://ris.utwente.nl/ws/files/299621021/popets_2020_0079.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4406922991","display_name":"University of Twente Research Information","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Koop, M, Tews, E & Katzenbeisser, S 2020, 'In-depth evaluation of redirect tracking and link usage', Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, vol. 2020, no. 4, pp. 394-413. https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2020-0079","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:1e4403cbcd8141e792fac8c5f8ee2f8a","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/1e4403cbcd8141e792fac8c5f8ee2f8a","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, Vol 2020, Iss 4, Pp 394-413 (2020)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.2478/popets-2020-0079","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2020-0079","pdf_url":"https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/popets-2020-0079","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210183172","display_name":"Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies","issn_l":"2299-0984","issn":["2299-0984"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320322","host_organization_name":"De Gruyter Open","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320322","https://openalex.org/P4310313990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["De Gruyter Open","De Gruyter"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320327705","display_name":"Mozilla Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/01y8r3379"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3082521871.pdf"},"referenced_works_count":69,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W94881413","https://openalex.org/W119091495","https://openalex.org/W1200299632","https://openalex.org/W1451156941","https://openalex.org/W1524369137","https://openalex.org/W1525967479","https://openalex.org/W1612893162","https://openalex.org/W1616788770","https://openalex.org/W1770989051","https://openalex.org/W1964871237","https://openalex.org/W1966175380","https://openalex.org/W1970867218","https://openalex.org/W1972524097","https://openalex.org/W2000042664","https://openalex.org/W2029543306","https://openalex.org/W2045726900","https://openalex.org/W2053626416","https://openalex.org/W2062548491","https://openalex.org/W2067553585","https://openalex.org/W2095610745","https://openalex.org/W2099474262","https://openalex.org/W2114356569","https://openalex.org/W2122174302","https://openalex.org/W2123539383","https://openalex.org/W2131681506","https://openalex.org/W2132868777","https://openalex.org/W2133113868","https://openalex.org/W2135012301","https://openalex.org/W2147431242","https://openalex.org/W2150957322","https://openalex.org/W2159389932","https://openalex.org/W2159764755","https://openalex.org/W2160988289","https://openalex.org/W2166827968","https://openalex.org/W2171977641","https://openalex.org/W2258082031","https://openalex.org/W2268157125","https://openalex.org/W2398432440","https://openalex.org/W2417730926","https://openalex.org/W2482685351","https://openalex.org/W2521340632","https://openalex.org/W2523579862","https://openalex.org/W2535603283","https://openalex.org/W2537873659","https://openalex.org/W2550217406","https://openalex.org/W2557607105","https://openalex.org/W2562362575","https://openalex.org/W2604173668","https://openalex.org/W2604609353","https://openalex.org/W2614031407","https://openalex.org/W2733005124","https://openalex.org/W2735074940","https://openalex.org/W2771031712","https://openalex.org/W2771446126","https://openalex.org/W2791820794","https://openalex.org/W2798440203","https://openalex.org/W2888870220","https://openalex.org/W2889145385","https://openalex.org/W2889348755","https://openalex.org/W2889476181","https://openalex.org/W2892381525","https://openalex.org/W2963646714","https://openalex.org/W2963704216","https://openalex.org/W2998737602","https://openalex.org/W3007223701","https://openalex.org/W3015767612","https://openalex.org/W3099768174","https://openalex.org/W3103362336","https://openalex.org/W4241633243"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4384788979","https://openalex.org/W2511178891","https://openalex.org/W2126676984","https://openalex.org/W178060743","https://openalex.org/W2909390414","https://openalex.org/W2954509079","https://openalex.org/W3104472694","https://openalex.org/W2141888607","https://openalex.org/W2753886513","https://openalex.org/W1765993298"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"In":[1,103,172],"today\u2019s":[2],"web,":[3],"information":[4],"gathering":[5],"on":[6,26,182,227,236,251,281],"users\u2019":[7,21,170,282],"online":[8],"behavior":[9],"takes":[10],"a":[11,92,159,302],"major":[12],"role.":[13],"Advertisers":[14],"use":[15,265],"different":[16],"tracking":[17,51,66,96,131,155,163,238,279],"techniques":[18,52],"that":[19,41,53,242,259],"invade":[20],"privacy":[22,37,303],"by":[23,57,82,140],"collecting":[24],"data":[25,110],"their":[27],"browsing":[28],"activities":[29],"and":[30,143,158,196,240],"interests.":[31],"To":[32],"preventing":[33],"this":[34,104,173],"threat,":[35],"various":[36,50,296],"tools":[38],"are":[39,54,134,245,273,288],"available":[40],"try":[42],"to":[43,74,100,138,151,199,247,275],"block":[44,139],"third-party":[45,286,308],"elements.":[46],"However,":[47],"there":[48],"exist":[49],"not":[55,98,125],"covered":[56],"those":[58,79,228],"tools,":[59],"such":[60],"as":[61,216,218],"redirect":[62,186,221,234],"link":[63,187],"tracking.":[64,188],"Here,":[65],"is":[67,88,149,156],"hidden":[68],"in":[69,168,301],"ordinary":[70],"website":[71],"links":[72,225],"pointing":[73],"further":[75],"content.":[76],"By":[77,189],"clicking":[78],"links,":[80,202],"or":[81,115],"automatic":[83],"URL":[84],"redirects,":[85],"the":[86,101,106,112,119,122,147,153,169,177,183,191,232,249,252,262,268,293],"user":[87,116,148,250],"being":[89],"redirected":[90],"through":[91],"chain":[93,160],"of":[94,118,161,185,206,214,261,267,295],"potential":[95],"servers":[97,164],"visible":[99],"user.":[102],"scenario,":[105],"tracker":[107,123],"collects":[108],"valuable":[109],"about":[111],"content,":[113],"topic,":[114],"interests":[117],"website.":[120],"Additionally,":[121],"sets":[124],"only":[126],"thirdparty":[127],"but":[128],"also":[129,257],"first-party":[130,278],"cookies":[132,280,287],"which":[133,272],"far":[135],"more":[136,166],"difficult":[137],"browser":[141,297],"settings":[142],"ad-block":[144],"tools.":[145,310],"Since":[146],"forced":[150],"follow":[152],"redirect,":[154],"inevitable":[157],"(redirect)":[162],"gain":[165],"insights":[167],"behavior.":[171],"work":[174],"we":[175,203,291],"present":[176,292],"first":[178],"large":[179],"scale":[180],"study":[181],"threat":[184],"crawling":[190],"Alexa":[192],"top":[193,243,269],"50k":[194],"websites":[195,215,264],"following":[197],"up":[198],"34":[200],"page":[201],"recorded":[204],"traces":[205],"HTTP":[207],"requests":[208],"from":[209,224],"1.2":[210],"million":[211],"individual":[212],"visits":[213],"well":[217],"analyzed":[219],"108,435":[220],"chains":[222],"originating":[223],"clicked":[226],"websites.":[229,255],"We":[230,256],"evaluate":[231],"derived":[233],"network":[235],"its":[237],"ability":[239],"demonstrate":[241],"trackers":[244],"able":[246,274],"identify":[248],"most":[253],"visited":[254],"show":[258],"11.6%":[260],"scanned":[263],"one":[266],"100":[270],"redirectors":[271],"store":[276],"nonblocked":[277],"machines":[283],"even":[284,305],"when":[285,306],"disabled.":[289],"Moreover,":[290],"effect":[294],"cookie":[298],"settings,":[299],"resulting":[300],"loss":[304],"using":[307],"blocking":[309]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-08-01T09:00:35.917206","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}