SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT
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A reading session can reveal what holds your attention, which stories you open, and how long you stay.
EXPOSURE INDEX
HIGH07 SIGNALS MAPPED
Illustrative risk profile — not a live website scan.
Every page leaves signals behind. Follow the threads, expose the hidden systems, and learn which privacy controls can limit their reach.
Begin the huntChoose a scenario to explore a different tracking ecosystem. Each web is an illustrative model, not a live scan. Cut a thread by dragging through it, selecting a spider, or using the ledger; locked connections show dependencies.
A reading session can reveal what holds your attention, which stories you open, and how long you stay.
Illustrative risk profile — not a live website scan.
Every thread is cut. In real life: a content blocker, Global Privacy Control and strict tracking protection get you most of the way.
Drag across a thread to slash it, tap a spider, or use the ledger. Some threads stay locked until the trackers that feed them are cut.
This is an illustrative profile, not your real personal data. As you cut tracker threads, the kinds of inferences those signals could support are crossed out.
Tracking works because you cannot see it. Make it visible, and half the fight is won.
Block what you must, keep what you need. A clean strike beats a blind swing.
Every interaction works by keyboard, screen reader and reduced motion. The web belongs to everyone.
Jorogumo is an educational prototype for the HyperBloom UI/UX hackathon. The three scenarios use curated examples of common tracker categories, not a live scan, browser inspection, or proof that a particular site uses them. For a real audit, try tools like Blacklight by The Markup or Privacy Badger. The visual style is original, inspired by Taishō-era Japan and cinematic anime.