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CNAME cloaking

Technique to escape ad-blockers through CNAME aliases and disguise third-party trackers as first-parties
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CNAME cloaking

Summary

CNAME cloaking draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (studies category, ranking #107 of 264).[1]

Key Facts

  • CNAME cloaking's subclass of is recorded as third-party cookies[2].
  • CNAME cloaking's subclass of is recorded as web tracking[3].
  • CNAME cloaking's described by source is recorded as WebKit[4].
  • CNAME cloaking's described by source is recorded as APNIC[5].
  • CNAME cloaking's described by source is recorded as Q19881587[6].

Why It Matters

CNAME cloaking draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (studies category, ranking #107 of 264).[1] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

web tracking

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . webkit.org. webkit.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . blog.apnic.net.. blog.apnic.net.. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . github.com.. github.com.. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). CNAME cloaking. Retrieved March 20, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cname-cloaking
MLA “CNAME cloaking.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 20 Mar. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/cname-cloaking.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cname-cloaking_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{CNAME cloaking}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cname-cloaking}, note = {Accessed: 2026-03-20}}
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