Mozilla reveals proposed Firefox Do-Not-Track mechanism #DNT #privacy
Following the FTC’s Do-Not-Track button proposal of late last year, Mozilla has revealed details of its implementation in Firefox.
The option would allow users to transmit a Do Not Track HTTP header with every click or page view in Firefox, to provide a way for people to opt-out of online behavioral advertising (OBA).
- Mozilla Do-Not-Track FAQ
joly 6:45 am on January 25, 2011 Permalink |
1/24 Julia Angwin Web Tool On Firefox To Deter Tracking (WSJ)
1/25 Christina Warren Mozilla & Google Announce Browser “Do Not Track” Features (Mashable)
2/11 Gavin Clarke Microsoft sends IE9 ‘do-not-track’ tech to W3C (The Register)
joly 1:59 pm on February 28, 2011 Permalink |
2/28 As noted above Microsoft sent their own solution to W3C. It has now been accepted as a standard. It involves users invoking a filter list from a trusted 3rd party provider as per diagram below.
joly 1:19 am on March 17, 2011 Permalink |
joly 11:03 pm on April 14, 2011 Permalink |
4/13 Wall Street Journal reports that Apple will implement the Firefox header method in Safari.