X
This site leans hard on your data.
5/5 checks · 4 third parties · 0 cookies · capped at D
X (formerly Twitter) makes the large majority of its revenue from advertising. A clean marketing site can’t change that — and a homepage scan can’t see what the app does once you log in — so this grade can’t rise above a D.
Why this grade is capped · sourced, not vibes
Twitter (now X) paid $150 million in 2022 after secretly using the phone numbers people gave for account security to target them with ads.
Source: FTC/DOJ settlement, U.S. v. Twitter, May 2022
The platform profiles your activity to sell targeted advertising, which is its main source of revenue.
Source: Twitter pre-acquisition SEC filings; company ad disclosures
What X does with your data
Your connection is encrypted, so others on your network can’t read what you send.
Serves over HTTPS and enforces it (HSTS)
Few outside companies load with the page, so your visit isn’t broadcast widely.
Contacts 4 third-party domains on load
It sets no third-party cookies, so nothing here tags you to follow around the web.
Sets no third-party cookies
None of the trackers it contacts are on our high-risk watchlist.
Contacts no high-risk / adversarial-state domains
It isn’t a registered data broker.
Not a registered data broker
Last scored 6/3/2026
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