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Last scanned August 30, 2026

A cookie scan of cynicaldeveloper.com conducted on August 30, 2026 found 11 cookies and 14 third-party tracking requests. The assessment covered 10 pages across 10 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. Our check observed 14 third-party requests from 8 vendors; non-essential tracking of this kind requires prior consent under the ePrivacy Directive.

Cookies

11

Third-party

7

Trackers

14

Vendors

8

Consent banner

None detected

Scans

1

What this setup is missing

  • No consent management platform was detected.
  • Google tags were observed, but Google Consent Mode v2 was not detected.

Compliance by audience

European Union

✗ Not met

GDPR + ePrivacy · Prior consent (opt-in)

United Kingdom

✗ Not met

UK GDPR + PECR · Consent-based

United States

! Needs attention

CCPA/CPRA + state laws · Notice & opt-out

Canada

! Needs attention

PIPEDA + Québec Law 25 · Consent-based

Brazil

! Needs attention

LGPD · Consent-based

Scanned from the EU; sites may serve different banners or tracking to other regions. Verdicts reflect observed behaviour measured against each audience's rules.

Connection security

HTTPS supported

Redirects HTTP to HTTPS

HSTS

Content Security Policy

Cookies

11 cookies detected: 1 necessary, 8 analytics, 0 marketing, 7 third-party

Total

11

Necessary

1

Functional

0

Analytics

8

Marketing

0

Unknown

2

7 third-party cookies detected

Third-party cookies require explicit user consent under GDPR/ePrivacy.

Filter by category
Name Domain Category Provider Expiry Secure HttpOnly Party
hubspotutk before consent .podchaser.com Analytics HubSpot 180 d 3rd
_ga before consent .cynicaldeveloper.com Analytics Google Analytics 1.1 yr lifetime over 13 months 1st
_gat before consent .cynicaldeveloper.com Analytics Google Analytics Expired 1st
_ga_QF62NWMF6Q before consent .cynicaldeveloper.com Analytics Google Analytics 1.1 yr lifetime over 13 months 1st
_gid before consent .cynicaldeveloper.com Analytics Google Analytics 1 d 1st
__hssc before consent .podchaser.com Analytics HubSpot Expired 3rd
__hssrc before consent .podchaser.com Analytics HubSpot Session 3rd
__hstc before consent .podchaser.com Analytics HubSpot 180 d 3rd
OptanonConsent .podchaser.com Necessary OneTrust 365 d 3rd
geo before consent .apple.com Unknown - Session 3rd
qr before consent .overcast.fm Unknown - Expired 3rd

Browser storage set by the site

Name Domain Party
mtClientConfig_debugSource_xp_amp_podcasts_perf set by podcasts.apple.com/mt-metricskit-utils-private.esm~643fbaa2cd.js:2:8151 https://podcasts.apple.com 3rd before consent
mtClientConfig_cachedSource_xp_amp_podcasts_perf set by podcasts.apple.com/mt-metricskit-utils-private.esm~643fbaa2cd.js:2:8151 https://podcasts.apple.com 3rd before consent
mtClientConfig_cachedSource_xp_amp_podcasts_main set by podcasts.apple.com/mt-metricskit-utils-private.esm~643fbaa2cd.js:2:8151 https://podcasts.apple.com 3rd before consent
mtClientConfig_cachedSource_xp_amp_podcasts_paf set by podcasts.apple.com/dev~c98345652f.js:4:6090 https://podcasts.apple.com 3rd before consent
podcasts-app-pref:volume set by podcasts.apple.com/index~6988d4df0f.js:70:48083 https://podcasts.apple.com 3rd before consent
mtSessionization-podcasts_sign-out set by podcasts.apple.com/mt-metricskit-utils-private.esm~643fbaa2cd.js:2:8151 https://podcasts.apple.com 3rd before consent
bugsnag-anonymous-id set by www.podchaser.com/mainVendor.731626af.js:182:3403 https://www.podchaser.com 3rd before consent

Third-Party Trackers

14 requests detected from 8 vendors: Google LLC, HubSpot Inc., SmartBear, Disqus, HubSpot...

Analytics

3

Marketing

6

Necessary

3

Functional

0

Other

2

Vendor Category Type Domain
Google LLC before consent Google Tag Manager Analytics script www.googletagmanager.com
HubSpot Inc. before consent HubSpot analytics Analytics script js.hs-analytics.net
SmartBear before consent SmartBear tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Analytics) Analytics script sessions.bugsnag.com
Disqus before consent Disqus tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising) Marketing script the-cynical-developer.disqus.com
Disqus before consent Disqus tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising) Marketing script c.disquscdn.com
HubSpot before consent HubSpot tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising) Marketing script js.hs-banner.com
HubSpot Inc. before consent HubSpot marketing & CRM Marketing script track.hubspot.com
HubSpot Inc. before consent HubSpot tracking script Marketing script js.hs-scripts.com
Sovrn before consent Sovrn tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: Advertising) Marketing script cdn.viglink.com
Google LLC Google Fonts stylesheet Necessary script fonts.googleapis.com
Google LLC Google Fonts files Necessary script fonts.gstatic.com
OneTrust LLC OneTrust consent management Necessary script cdn.cookielaw.org
Google LLC before consent Google tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: FingerprintingGeneral) Unknown script www.google-analytics.com
OneTrust OneTrust tracker domain (source: Disconnect.me, category: ConsentManagers) Unknown script geolocation.onetrust.com

Scan history

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