How This Briefing Works
This dossier opens with key findings, then maps the gap between what Silktide discloses and what BLACKOUT observed at runtime. From there: what it means for your organization, what to do about it, and the detection evidence underneath. BLACKOUT observes runtime browser behavior and cites the regulations that address each pattern — legal determinations are your counsel's call.
At a Glance
across 3 sites
vendor fires before consent
Briefing
Accessibility vendor with comprehensive tracking infrastructure. Deploys five threat codes: behavioral biometrics, session recording, cross-domain sync, consent bypass, and tag manager. Creates Oracle risk from testing-based measurement, Broker exposure via cross-domain data sync, and Counselor violations from consent bypass.
What This Means For You
Compliance teams gain accessibility testing but inherit comprehensive tracking liability (Oracle/Broker/Counselor). Legal teams face exposure from consent bypass justified by accessibility requirements. Security teams must evaluate whether compliance tools require behavioral surveillance or consent bypass for core testing functionality.
Risk Channel Breakdown
Accessibility testing models corrupt user experience measurement when conflated with analytics
Cross-domain sync exposes visitor behavior and accessibility data to testing infrastructure potentially accessible to competitors
Expands attack surface
Comprehensive tracking activates before consent under accessibility testing justification
Threat Indicators
Runtime-observed (BTI-C)
Keystroke/mouse tracking
Full session replay
Identity stitching
Ignoring CMP signals
Container/loader (neutral)
Per-code narrative explanations of what each detected behavior means for your organization
Per-code evidence with full attribution chain, severity rankings, and consequence narratives See pricing →
Claims vs. Reality
BLACKOUT analyzed Silktide's public claims against observed runtime behavior and identified 1 contradiction.
Full claim-vs-reality gap analysis with claim text, observed behavior, severity, regulatory citations (GDPR, CCPA, ePrivacy), and evidence pointers per gap See pricing →
What To Do
4 for current users · 4 for evaluators
contractual leverage points
Role-specific actions (security / legal / marketing / procurement), full negotiation brief with contractual language, and BTI-code-specific consequences See pricing →
Supply Chain & Pairings
Claims 0, observed 1
Full supply-chain mapping (loads / loaded-by lists with vendor identities) and the undisclosed-subprocessor list with observation evidence See pricing →