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Cookie-blocking browser plugin Ghostery feeds data to the ad industry
- The popular browser add-on called Ghostery blocks tracking code on websites, improving page load speeds and narrowing a user’s footprint on the web. It’s often touted as an essential part of the online privacy toolkit, and made the list in…
Opera 12.10 adds Windows 8/OS X features, Chrome 23 gets DNT
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Opera has released an update today, bringing a handful of new features including improved support for Microsoft and Apple's platforms. Opera users who have purchased new touch-enabled Windows 8 devices will be happy to find enhanced support for finger input. The release notes...
Yahoo! is latest company to ignore IE10's Do-Not-Track setting
- Microsoft's decision to enable Do Not Track in IE10 by default is still managing to elicit industry criticism. Yahoo is the latest company to ignore IE10's on-by-default DNT policy, joining Apache in not recognizing the browser's DNT setting. Yahoo reasons that…
Apache webserver patch set to ignore IE10's Do Not Track feature
- An Apache HTTP webserver developer has stirred up controversy after releasing an update for the webserver application to Github that ignores Internet Explorer 10's "Do Not Track" (DNT) settings. Roy Fielding, an architect of the DNT standard, an Adobe employee…
Opera 12 brings camera support, more themes, speed and security
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Opera Software has released a major update for its browser with improved aesthetics, features, security and performance. Unlike many previous revisions, Opera 12 doesn't seem to tweak the user interface much, but it does offer a new theme system with over 300 styles...
Microsoft talks IE10, "Do Not Track" will be enabled by default
- Yesterday, Microsoft posted an interesting look at the current state of Internet Explorer 10 on its MSDN blog. In the article, readers will discover that Microsoft is touting a faster and more fluid experience, natural touch and gesture control, metro-influenced…
FTC praises 'Do Not Track' initiatives, refreshes privacy framework
- In a new report published by the FTC (pdf), the commission attempts to lay a new framework to protect the privacy of citizens and refreshes its own views on how to accomplish those goals. Some of the ideas outlined include Do…
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