Baseline visit Older format: some facts reconstructed, descriptive only

www.webmd.com

Requested addresshttps://www.webmd.com/

Oct 19, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC

cut short: the synthetic form-input probe did not complete its test, so input-capture detection is incomplete; derived from status and warnings

Evidence quality

This report is built on an incomplete visit

Incomplete evidence: evidence was cut short before completion (the synthetic form-input probe did not complete its test, so input-capture detection is incomplete). Counts for the affected evidence are lower bounds; families that completed carry only their ordinary limits. The evidence receipt states the exact per-visit quality.

Scan report ready for www.webmd.com: 989 recorded request rows.

Comparison ReportOlder format: some facts reconstructed, descriptive only

Brave-list blocking off/on comparison

Recorded final address https://www.webmd.com/ (opens in a new tab)
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What this actually means

webmd.com recorded 892 fewer third-party requests in the visit configured for Brave-list blocking.

The visit with no blocking made 989 requests; the visit configured to apply Brave's ad-block engine and default Shields filter lists (a simulation in this scanner's browser, not a live Brave-browser visit) recorded 892 fewer third-party requests. The blocker directly stopped 34 requests; the remaining difference may include follow-on requests that never started once their sources were blocked, plus run-to-run variance.

20tracking-service entities
971cross-site requests
207third-party cookie records

Plain-Language Findings

What this visit means

Unfamiliar terms are defined in the glossary
playwright-chromium

Review-worthy

Bottom line: this visit has review-worthy signals

The scan observed signals a non-expert should not have to decode from raw request tables. Some detector evidence was incomplete; each affected detector card states its own retained or unavailable scope, while completed request, cookie, and storage measurements keep their recorded exactness.

The cards below translate the evidence into plain language; severity reflects fixed reference thresholds, not measured population percentiles. The request log, domain table, and methodology remain below for verification.

989 requests observed in one controlled visit.

Worth checking

526 requests matched Brave Shields filter lists

526 requests matched the default filter lists of Brave Shields, the ad and tracker blocker built into the Brave browser, while loading normally.

Computed with Brave's own ad-block engine and default filter lists in classification mode: matched requests were not blocked by the scanner and remain in this report's observed request counts. Matching shows what Shields would target on this visit's traffic; an actual Shields visit blocks these and also prevents their follow-on requests, so this number is neither a measured block count nor the total effect.

The hand-curated service catalog separately matched 389 request rows in this visit.Show matched requests

Not flagged

Lower values observed across comparable metrics in the Brave-list blocking attempt

The blocking visit ran with the scanner configured to apply Brave's ad-block engine and default Shields filter lists. It was a simulation in this scanner's browser, not a live Brave-browser visit, and application was not verified. Compared with the unblocked visit, it showed 892 fewer third-party requests, 207 fewer third-party cookies and 388 fewer tracking-related service requests.

Services only seen in the unblocked visit: Google, PubMatic and Magnite, plus 16 others. The blocking visit's engine directly blocked 34 requests; the remaining difference may include follow-on requests that never started once their sources were blocked. A single paired comparison can also reflect run-to-run variance (ad rotation, caching, experiments), so treat this as an observed difference, not a measured blocking rate.

Signed per-metric differences between the two visits; nothing is summed across metrics.Show matched requests

Worth checking

1 first-party DNS alias matched tracking checks

Recorded DNS aliases resolve to catalogued tracking-related services: Adobe.

The scanner followed DNS CNAME chains from first-party subdomains and checked resolved targets against the service catalog and Brave filter lists. These matches do not establish a request's purpose, profiling, or an intent to conceal tracking. A filter-list match alone is not a verified service identity or proof of tracking.

*.*.webmd.com → *.*.*.*.*.*.omtrdc.net (Adobe; catalog match)Open domain evidence

Worth checking

Consent tooling and requests to tracking-service entities appeared before any choice

www.webmd.com sent a request to OneTrust, a consent management platform (the tooling that shows cookie banners). The request log included 20 distinct catalogued tracking-related services before the scanner made any consent choice; 20 companies answered.

A request to the platform's loader proves the page attempted to fetch consent tooling; an observed response supports delivery, but neither fact proves a banner was visibly shown to this scanner. Banner display can vary by region and visit context. The scanner never clicks a banner in this mode, so this report records requests made before the scanner made a consent choice. It does not determine whether any request required consent or whether the site's behavior complied with applicable law. More tracking-service entities or requests may appear after "Accept" than this report captures, so the counts here are lower bounds for users who consent.

Consent platform detected via a request to cdn.cookielaw.org.

Context

Tracking companies the privacy policy does not appear to name

PubMatic, DoubleVerify and Media.net, plus 6 others were sent requests during this visit, but the policy text matched none of the names this scan knows those companies by.

Policies often disclose vendor categories rather than company names, so an unnamed vendor is a transparency gap worth reviewing, not automatically a violation. Named in the policy: Google and LiveRamp.

Policy at https://www.webmd.com/…; 0 checkable statements matched; 2 of 11 observed tracking companies named in the policy. Policy mentions of Magnite, Amazon Ads and Equativ are unknown because the historical alias matcher was incomplete.

Review-worthy

Catalogued service domains recorded responses during this visit

Google, PubMatic and Magnite, plus 17 others appeared in the request log.

A catalog match identifies a maintainer-reviewed service/domain mapping; it does not establish why an individual request occurred, what it carried, or whether profiling happened. Functional catalog labels include advertising, analytics / tag management and advertising / supply-side platform. This scan could not identify 108 of the 149 third-party hosts recorded here, so it cannot say who operates them. That is a limit of identity coverage, not evidence about the site.

971 cross-site requests across 149 third-party hosts.Show third-party requests

Context

Requests were dispatched to catalogued major-platform domains

This visit dispatched requests to catalogued domains for Google and LinkedIn.

The domain matches identify services, not the requests' purpose, payload, or whether any profile linking occurred.

100 requests to these platforms.Show catalog-matched requests

Not flagged

Google Analytics present, no remarketing signal

Google Analytics was observed, but no DoubleClick remarketing sync appeared in this visit.

Standard analytics collection was observed, without the stats.g.doubleclick.net advertising sync.

Google Analytics host observed; no stats.g.doubleclick.net request.Show catalog-matched requests

Review-worthy

Third-party cookies were present

207 third-party cookies showed up during the visit.

The scanner observed cookie metadata whose domain crossed the scanned site's registrable-domain boundary. This report does not retain cookie values or partition keys, so it does not establish whether a cookie was a persistent identifier or could recognize a visitor across sites.

247 cookies total in this report.High third-party cookies count (at or above the 12 reference threshold).

Context

Input-monitoring signal involving a third-party script

Listener coverage that could observe typing-related input events was registered through call chains that included a third-party script.

This is a behavioral instrumentation signal from listener registration, stack-attributed script origins, and known-vendor requests: it shows the page was instrumented to observe interaction, not that anything was transmitted. Stack attribution records the script origins present in the bounded registration call chain. A cross-site origin in that chain does not by itself establish that the cross-site script registered the listener. That is because first-party code can register its own listeners through a helper served from elsewhere. A different registrable domain is also not by itself a different operator: sites commonly serve their own scripts from a separate asset domain. The card therefore says third party only when the catalog or reviewed ownership attributes an origin to another organization. On scanners that run the active keystroke-capture probe, actual transmission is tested separately (a synthetic value is typed, never real input, and no typed values are collected). Treat this card as a review prompt rather than proof.

Session-recording listener coverage: 245 interaction-listener registrations with https://cdn.cookielaw.org/, https://cdn.doubleverify.com/ and https://d15kdpgjg3unno.cloudfront.net/, plus 6 others in the registration call chain. Input-monitoring listener coverage: 58 input-listener registrations with https://cdn.cookielaw.org/, https://cdn.doubleverify.com/ and https://img.*.wbmdstatic.com/, plus 3 others in the registration call chain.

Context

Fingerprint-like browser APIs were called

2 high-entropy API calls appeared in the instrumentation log.

These calls can be legitimate (charts, graphics, media), so the count is observational, not a severity score, and it excludes Web and Service Workers. Top calls: webgl.getParameter.UNMASKED_RENDERER_WEBGL.

1 API family recorded.

Brave Shields Comparison

No blocking → Brave-list blocking delta

No blocking: 13,540msBrave-list blocking: 5,622msRan first: No blocking
Some deltas are not comparable across these two visits and are not shown.
  • Other detector and causal-path deltas (each visit's own evidence still renders below): v1 never recorded detector versions, so fingerprinting and pixel deltas cannot be proven to come from matching instrumentation.
  • The Shields-number delta (each visit's own evidence still renders below): The two visits measured different Shields quantities (filter-list matches vs engine-blocked requests), which must never share a delta.
  • Fingerprinting deltas (each visit's own evidence still renders below): At least one visit did not complete the fingerprint measurement, so no exact cross-visit delta is shown.
  • Ad-pixel deltas (each visit's own evidence still renders below): At least one visit did not complete the pixel measurement, so no exact cross-visit delta is shown.
Requests-901No blocking: 989 · Brave-list blocking: 88
Third-party requests-892No blocking: 971 · Brave-list blocking: 79
Third-party domains-138No blocking: 149 · Brave-list blocking: 11
Cookies-240No blocking: 247 · Brave-list blocking: 7
Third-party cookies-207No blocking: 207 · Brave-list blocking: 0
Storage keys-31No blocking: 35 · Brave-list blocking: 4
Catalog-matched requests-388No blocking: 389 · Brave-list blocking: 1

Every signed change is Brave-list blocking minus No blocking. A positive or negative direction is descriptive, not a judgment that the result is better or worse.

Cookie and storage count deltas include every observation. Name-level lists show only reviewed names; unreviewed names are not itemized because they can contain identifiers.

Largest per-domain request-count changes

*.pubmatic.comPubMatic · advertising / supply-side platformNo blocking: 59 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-59
*.*.doubleclick.netGoogle · advertisingNo blocking: 47 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-47
*.googlesyndication.comGoogle · advertisingNo blocking: 42 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-42
*.amazon-adsystem.comAmazon Ads · advertisingNo blocking: 32 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-32
*.yellowblue.iounlabeled third partyNo blocking: 28 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-28
*.rubiconproject.comMagnite · advertising / supply-side platformNo blocking: 27 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-27
*.seedtag.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 27 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-27
*.gumgum.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 22 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-22
*.bidswitch.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 20 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-20
*.adtrafficquality.googleunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 19 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-19
*.dotomi.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 18 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-18
*.media.netMedia.net · advertisingNo blocking: 17 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-17
*.adsrvr.orgThe Trade Desk · advertising / demand-side platformNo blocking: 16 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-16
*.minutemedia-prebid.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 15 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-15
*.doubleverify.comDoubleVerify · advertising measurement / verificationNo blocking: 14 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-14
*.openx.netOpenX · advertising / exchangeNo blocking: 14 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-14
pixel.rubiconproject.comMagnite · advertising / supply-side platformNo blocking: 14 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-14
assets.adobedtm.comAdobe · analytics / advertisingNo blocking: 14 · Brave-list blocking: 1Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-13
*.analytics.yahoo.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 13 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-13
*.contextweb.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 12 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-12
*.presage.iounlabeled third partyNo blocking: 12 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-12
*.*.opera.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 10 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-10
*.casalemedia.comIndex Exchange · advertising / exchangeNo blocking: 10 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-10
*.everesttech.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 10 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-10
cdn.doubleverify.comDoubleVerify · advertising measurement / verificationNo blocking: 10 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-10
id5-sync.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 10 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-10
pixel.onaudience.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 10 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-10
cdn.cookielaw.orgunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 11 · Brave-list blocking: 2Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-9
*.semasio.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 9 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-9
creativecdn.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 9 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-9
*.*.sonobi.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 8 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-8
*.adform.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 8 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-8
*.adnxs.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 8 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-8
www.temu.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 8 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-8
*.*.dv.techunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 7 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-7
*.criteo.comCriteo · advertisingNo blocking: 7 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-7
*.smartadserver.comEquativ · advertising / supply-side platformNo blocking: 7 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-7
ads.pubmatic.comPubMatic · advertising / supply-side platformNo blocking: 7 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-7
*.*.bidr.iounlabeled third partyNo blocking: 6 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-6
*.1rx.iounlabeled third partyNo blocking: 6 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-6
*.3lift.comTripleLift · advertising / supply-side platformNo blocking: 6 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-6
*.disqus.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 6 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-6
*.inmobi.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 6 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-6
*.ipredictive.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 6 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-6
*.lijit.comSovrn · advertising / publisher monetizationNo blocking: 6 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-6
*.outbrain.comOutbrain · advertising / recommendationsNo blocking: 6 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-6
www.webmd.comfirst partyNo blocking: 8 · Brave-list blocking: 3Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-5
*.admanmedia.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 5 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-5
*.agkn.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 5 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-5
*.loopme.meunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 5 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-5
*.mfadsrvr.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 5 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-5
*.privacymanager.iounlabeled third partyNo blocking: 5 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-5
*.rfihub.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 5 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-5
*.rlcdn.comLiveRamp · identity / advertisingNo blocking: 5 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-5
*.sitescout.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 5 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-5
*.*.cognitivlabs.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
*.*.stackadapt.comStackAdapt · advertising / demand-side platformNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
*.33across.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
*.crwdcntrl.netLotame · advertising / data managementNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
*.deepintent.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
*.eu-1-id5-sync.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
*.exelator.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
*.liadm.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
ad.turn.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
ads.creative-serving.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
onetag-sys.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
secure.cdn.fastclick.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
syncingbridge.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
www.googletagservices.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 4 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-4
*.*.googlesyndication.comGoogle · advertisingNo blocking: 3 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-3
*.*.webmd.comfirst partyNo blocking: 3 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-3
*.ads.linkedin.comLinkedIn · social / advertising pixelNo blocking: 3 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-3
*.ads.yieldmo.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 3 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-3
*.digitalaudience.iounlabeled third partyNo blocking: 3 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-3
*.fwmrm.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 3 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-3
*.mathtag.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 3 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-3
ad.360yield.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 3 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-3
ads.yieldmo.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 3 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-3
pixel.tapad.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 3 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-3
www.google.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 5 · Brave-list blocking: 3Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.*.cadent.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.2mdn.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.360yield.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.acuityplatform.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.adentifi.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.ads.*.amazon-adsystem.comAmazon Ads · advertisingNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.analytics.rlcdn.comLiveRamp · identity / advertisingNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.blismedia.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.connatix.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.demdex.netAdobe · analytics / advertisingNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.intentiq.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.liftdsp.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.mxptint.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.omnitagjs.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.onetrust.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.p7cloud.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.pmbmonetize.liveunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.postrelease.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.quantserve.comQuantcast · advertising / measurementNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.simpli.fiunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.tribalfusion.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.trustedstack.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
*.ymmobi.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
ad.doubleclick.netGoogle · advertisingNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
api.id5-sync.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
bidberry.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
media.admob.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
secure.adnxs.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
thrtle.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 2 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-2
img.*.wbmdstatic.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 61 · Brave-list blocking: 62Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests+1
*.*.adition.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.*.amazon-adsystem.comAmazon Ads · advertisingNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.*.appier.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.a-mo.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.ad.*.dotomi.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.ad.smaato.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.copper6.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.doctor.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.dv.techunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.emxdgt.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.ingage.techunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.kargo.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.mgid.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.nrich.aiunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.primis.techunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.rbstsystems.liveunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.sascdn.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.sharethrough.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.smartadhi.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.springserve.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.tapad.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.taptapnetworks.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.truste.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.webmd.comfirst partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
*.zemanta.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
analytics.google.comGoogle · analytics / tag managementNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
api.rlcdn.comLiveRamp · identity / advertisingNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
cdn.id5-sync.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
csp.withgoogle.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
d15kdpgjg3unno.cloudfront.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
dyv1bugovvq1g.cloudfront.netunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
pippio.comunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
tracookiepixel.xyzunlabeled third partyNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
www.googleadservices.comGoogle · advertisingNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1
www.googletagmanager.comGoogle · analytics / tag managementNo blocking: 1 · Brave-list blocking: 0Show No blocking requests · Show Brave-list blocking requests-1

Domains only with Brave-list blocking

No domain changes observed.

Domains only with No blocking

*.pubmatic.comPubMatic · advertising / supply-side platform · Show No blocking requests59
*.*.doubleclick.netGoogle · advertising · Show No blocking requests47
*.googlesyndication.comGoogle · advertising · Show No blocking requests42
*.amazon-adsystem.comAmazon Ads · advertising · Show No blocking requests32
*.yellowblue.iounlabeled · Show No blocking requests28
*.rubiconproject.comMagnite · advertising / supply-side platform · Show No blocking requests27
*.seedtag.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests27
*.gumgum.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests22
*.bidswitch.netunlabeled · Show No blocking requests20
*.adtrafficquality.googleunlabeled · Show No blocking requests19
*.dotomi.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests18
*.media.netMedia.net · advertising · Show No blocking requests17
*.adsrvr.orgThe Trade Desk · advertising / demand-side platform · Show No blocking requests16
*.minutemedia-prebid.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests15
*.doubleverify.comDoubleVerify · advertising measurement / verification · Show No blocking requests14
*.openx.netOpenX · advertising / exchange · Show No blocking requests14
pixel.rubiconproject.comMagnite · advertising / supply-side platform · Show No blocking requests14
*.analytics.yahoo.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests13
*.contextweb.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests12
*.presage.iounlabeled · Show No blocking requests12
*.*.opera.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests10
*.casalemedia.comIndex Exchange · advertising / exchange · Show No blocking requests10
*.everesttech.netunlabeled · Show No blocking requests10
cdn.doubleverify.comDoubleVerify · advertising measurement / verification · Show No blocking requests10
id5-sync.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests10
pixel.onaudience.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests10
*.semasio.netunlabeled · Show No blocking requests9
creativecdn.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests9
*.*.sonobi.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests8
*.adform.netunlabeled · Show No blocking requests8
*.adnxs.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests8
www.temu.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests8
*.*.dv.techunlabeled · Show No blocking requests7
*.criteo.comCriteo · advertising · Show No blocking requests7
*.smartadserver.comEquativ · advertising / supply-side platform · Show No blocking requests7
ads.pubmatic.comPubMatic · advertising / supply-side platform · Show No blocking requests7
*.*.bidr.iounlabeled · Show No blocking requests6
*.1rx.iounlabeled · Show No blocking requests6
*.3lift.comTripleLift · advertising / supply-side platform · Show No blocking requests6
*.disqus.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests6
*.inmobi.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests6
*.ipredictive.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests6
*.lijit.comSovrn · advertising / publisher monetization · Show No blocking requests6
*.outbrain.comOutbrain · advertising / recommendations · Show No blocking requests6
*.admanmedia.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests5
*.agkn.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests5
*.loopme.meunlabeled · Show No blocking requests5
*.mfadsrvr.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests5
*.privacymanager.iounlabeled · Show No blocking requests5
*.rfihub.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests5
*.rlcdn.comLiveRamp · identity / advertising · Show No blocking requests5
*.sitescout.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests5
*.*.cognitivlabs.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
*.*.stackadapt.comStackAdapt · advertising / demand-side platform · Show No blocking requests4
*.33across.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
*.crwdcntrl.netLotame · advertising / data management · Show No blocking requests4
*.deepintent.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
*.eu-1-id5-sync.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
*.exelator.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
*.liadm.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
ad.turn.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
ads.creative-serving.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
onetag-sys.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
secure.cdn.fastclick.netunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
syncingbridge.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
www.googletagservices.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests4
*.*.googlesyndication.comGoogle · advertising · Show No blocking requests3
*.*.webmd.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests3
*.ads.linkedin.comLinkedIn · social / advertising pixel · Show No blocking requests3
*.ads.yieldmo.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests3
*.digitalaudience.iounlabeled · Show No blocking requests3
*.fwmrm.netunlabeled · Show No blocking requests3
*.mathtag.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests3
ad.360yield.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests3
ads.yieldmo.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests3
pixel.tapad.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests3
*.*.cadent.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.2mdn.netunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.360yield.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.acuityplatform.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.adentifi.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.ads.*.amazon-adsystem.comAmazon Ads · advertising · Show No blocking requests2
*.analytics.rlcdn.comLiveRamp · identity / advertising · Show No blocking requests2
*.blismedia.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.connatix.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.demdex.netAdobe · analytics / advertising · Show No blocking requests2
*.intentiq.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.liftdsp.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.mxptint.netunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.omnitagjs.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.onetrust.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.p7cloud.netunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.pmbmonetize.liveunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.postrelease.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.quantserve.comQuantcast · advertising / measurement · Show No blocking requests2
*.simpli.fiunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.tribalfusion.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.trustedstack.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
*.ymmobi.comunlabeled · Show No blocking requests2
ad.doubleclick.netGoogle · advertising · Show No blocking requests2

This list was capped at 100 entries when the report was written. Any further changes were not retained and are not recoverable from this report.

Visible cookie names only with Brave-list blocking

No visible cookie-name changes to show; privacy-filtered names are not itemized.

Visible cookie names only with No blocking

__cf_bm.33across.comthird-party
receive-cookie-deprecation.360yield.comthird-party
IDE.doubleclick.netthird-party
__cf_bm.linkedin.comthird-party
li_sugr.linkedin.comthird-party
lidc.linkedin.comthird-party
receive-cookie-deprecation.rubiconproject.comthird-party
TapAd_DID.tapad.comthird-party
TapAd_TS.tapad.comthird-party
_ga.webmd.comfirst-party
OptanonConsent.webmd.comfirst-party
TapAd_DID.webmd.comfirst-party
usprivacywww.webmd.comfirst-party

Visible storage keys only with Brave-list blocking

No visible storage-key changes to show; privacy-filtered keys are not itemized.

Visible storage keys only with No blocking

No visible storage-key changes to show; privacy-filtered keys are not itemized.

Entities only with Brave-list blocking

No entity changes observed.

Entities only with No blocking

Google7 domains97
PubMatic2 domains66
Magnite2 domains41
Amazon Ads3 domains35
DoubleVerify2 domains24
Media.net1 domain17
The Trade Desk1 domain16
OpenX1 domain14
Index Exchange1 domain10
LiveRamp3 domains8
Criteo1 domain7
Equativ1 domain7
Outbrain1 domain6
Sovrn1 domain6
TripleLift1 domain6
Lotame1 domain4
StackAdapt1 domain4
LinkedIn1 domain3
Quantcast1 domain2

Measurement limits

10 conditions affect how this evidence reads

This report

  • Brave-list blocking comparison runs should be collected under matched crawl conditions, and the blocking run is a simulation with Brave's engine and default lists in this scanner's browser, not a live Brave visit. Differences can still reflect timing, experiments, cache state, consent state, or bot detection.
  • The two visits ran in randomized order; the "No blocking" visit ran first.

Both visits

  • Each visit in this report is one automated, headless Chromium visit from a fixed en-US / UTC profile, with no scrolling, clicking, or consent interaction. Sites can behave differently for real users, browsers, regions, accounts, or network locations.
  • Counts are a lower bound: trackers that load only after interaction or consent are not observed; Service Workers are blocked, and Web Worker or WebSocket traffic may be incomplete. Service labels use a US-biased hand-curated catalog, so regional services may be under-labeled. Cookie and storage figures are an end-of-visit snapshot, with storage keys read from the top frame only.
  • The synthetic form-input probe did not complete its test, so input-capture conclusions for this visit are incomplete.
  • Read the site's privacy policy (https://www.webmd.com/{seg}/{seg}) and compared its text against this visit's observed behavior. Policy checks are an automated text match with the matched sentences quoted, not a legal reading.

No blocking visit only

  • Blocked a request that could not be verified as public: https://{label}.smartadserver.com/api/{seg}
  • The page did not reach network idle before the scan window ended.
  • Resolved 1 first-party subdomain that is a CNAME alias for a third-party tracker (CNAME cloaking), which request-URL matching alone would miss.

Brave-list blocking visit only

  • Brave Shields block simulation was enabled; matching requests were aborted before loading and are not included in request totals.

This versioned report is currently retained in the public corpus. Follow the currently retained site history, repeat the same public route when it is available, or request a transparent evidence correction.

Report ID
20261019-15e17f5580e627c7722f78669ec706a7
Site
www.webmd.com
Latest visit
Schema
v1 schema · facts legacy-derived · descriptive report
Verify recorded provenance

Baseline visit

Started
Run quality
cut short: the synthetic form-input probe did not complete its test, so input-capture detection is incomplete; derived from status and warnings
Scanner
playwright-chromium
Browser
153.0.8010.12
Redaction
not recorded by this schema
Provenance
Exact build and instrument digests were not recorded by this legacy schema.

Variant visit

Started
Run quality
cut short: the synthetic form-input probe did not complete its test, so input-capture detection is incomplete; derived from status and warnings
Scanner
playwright-chromium
Browser
153.0.8010.12
Redaction
not recorded by this schema
Provenance
Exact build and instrument digests were not recorded by this legacy schema.

Recorded provenance is self-reported measurement metadata, not a cryptographic attestation. The public versioned report JSON contains the retained public evidence; see the methodology for interpretation and retention limits.

This report covers what the scanner measures, not everything a site can do. 17 browser surfaces are not instrumented at all (Every page except the one that was scanned; Anything that only loads after scrolling or interaction; Why a request happened, as a causal chain; and 14 others), 3 capabilities are declined by policy, and 3 are outside what any single visit can see. Their absence from this report is not evidence that they did not occur. Read the published coverage boundary.

Detector accuracy is unmeasured. No calibration study currently publishes a precision or recall for the detectors on this page, so a detector match here is a recorded observation, not a calibrated classification. How detector accuracy is measured.

Approved use boundary: This report is investigative evidence that requires independent corroboration. It is not a standalone legal determination and not the sole exhibit in a legal proceeding. Recorded in this project's release manifest on .