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Who runs Schneier, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest cybersecurity blog alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Troy Hunt
Measured from Schneier’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Schneier01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Schneier
Schneier counterpane.com
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Schneier tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
None of the 17 alternatives below has fewer; 12 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Schneier’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Schneier
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Schneier, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to Schneier match.
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Troy Hunt: Troy Hunt
Hi, I'm Troy Hunt, I write this blog, run "Have I Been Pwned" and am a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP who travels the world speaking at events and training technology professionals
Close - 02
Threatpost | The first stop for security news
Threatpost, is an independent news site which is a leading source of information about IT and business security for hundreds of thousands of professionals worldwide.
Very close - 03
Krebs on Security – In-depth security news and investigation
American journalist specializing in cybersecurity
Very close - 04
Graham Cluley • Cybersecurity keynote speaker
Award-winning cybersecurity keynote speaker Graham Cluley has given 300+ talks around the world, and hosts the popular “Smashing Security” podcast.
Very close - 05
Home - The GitHub Blog
Updates, ideas, and inspiration from GitHub to help developers build and design software.
Very close - 06
Cyber Security News | The Record from Recorded Future News
Stay updated on the latest cyber security news. The Record from Recorded Future News gives exclusive access to leaders, policymakers, and the cyber underground.
Very close - 07
The Hacker News | #1 Trusted Source for Cybersecurity News
The Hacker News is the top cybersecurity news platform, delivering real-time updates, threat intelligence, data breach reports, expert analysis, and actionable insights for infosec professionals and decision-makers.
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Hackaday | Fresh Hacks Every Day
Fresh hacks every day
Very close - 09
Security.org: Security Doesn't Have to be Complicated | Security.org
Security.org simplifies home security and personal safety. Using cutting-edge research, our experts educate and inspire people to stay safe.
Very close - 10
The Stack Overflow Blog - Stack Overflow
Essays, opinions, and advice on the act of computer programming, from Stack Overflow.
Very close - 11
kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products
Jason Kottke's daily links and commentary on art, science, technology, design, film, and culture since 1998.
Very close - 12
Checking your browser
Very close - 13
Comparitech - Tech researched, compared and rated
Tech researched, compared and rated
Very close - 14
Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.
News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.
Very close - 15
Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews
Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.
Very close - 16
Fortune - Fortune 500 Daily & Breaking Business News
Unrivaled access, premier storytelling, and the best of business since 1930.
Very close - 17
MUO - Technology, Simplified.
MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.
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heise online – IT news, guides and background information | heise online
News and forums on computers, IT, science, media and politics. Price comparison of hardware and software as well as downloads at Heise Medien.
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Full Disclosure
Very close - 20
XDA
The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Schneier’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Schneier uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Schneier adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 6 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,212
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 63 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Schneier’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-includes/
- Ecommerce
- WooCommerce page source: class="home blog wp-theme-schneier theme-schneier woocommerce
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.5.1
- CDN
- cdnjs asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.5.1
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-includes/)
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on counterpane.com 19/20
- Google Workspace · not on counterpane.com 12/20
- PHP 11/20
- Cloudflare · not on counterpane.com 10/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on counterpane.com 10/20
- WordPress 9/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on counterpane.com 7/20
- nginx 7/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on counterpane.com 7/20
- Google Analytics · not on counterpane.com 6/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on counterpane.com 6/20
- jQuery 6/20
- Font Awesome · not on counterpane.com 5/20
- Mailchimp · not on counterpane.com 5/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on counterpane.com 4/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on counterpane.com 4/20