events.bsky.app: Bluesky’s Invasive Social Tracker

Bluesky’s events.bsky.app is used to log user events and interactions on its social media platform. It collects data on your behavior for analytics and potential ad profiling, compromising your privacy. Here’s what this tracker does.

What Is events.bsky.app?

This domain is part of Bluesky’s infrastructure, tracking how you engage with posts, likes, and follows on the platform. It builds profiles based on your activity for internal insights and monetization. As Privacy Auditors, we’re concerned about how social platforms exploit user data.

Data It Collects

When you use Bluesky, this tracker captures:

• IP Address: Links your activity to a location.
• Geolocation: Estimates position from IP data.
• User Interactions: Tracks posts, likes, and follows.
• User ID: Links activity if logged in.
• Cookie IDs: Follows you across sessions.
• Session ID: Connects actions during a visit.
• User-Agent: Records browser and device, like ‘Safari 16.0’.
• Page URL: Captures the specific Bluesky page.
• Timestamps: Logs interactions precisely.

This data maps out your social engagement in detail.

Who Gets Your Data?

Bluesky shares your information with:

• Bluesky’s internal analytics team: Uses data for platform insights.
• Third-party service provider: Processes event data.
• Government entity: If legally compelled, though no transparency report exists.
• Data storage subcontractor: Hosts user logs.

How to Protect Yourself

At Privacy Auditors, we’re dedicated to your privacy. Here’s how to block Bluesky’s tracking:

• Use Tracker Blockers: Stop this domain with Privacy Auditor tools.
• Hide with a VPN: Mask your IP using Mullvad.
• Opt for Privacy Browsers: Use Firefox or Tor for defense.
• Limit Account Use: Reduce interaction or logins on Bluesky.

Combine these steps to reduce tracking.

Sources

• Bluesky Privacy Policy: https://bsky.social/about/privacy-policy

This is a legal disclaimer. All information is provided for educational purposes only.