Tracking the trackers: Mozilla's anti-Big Brother add-on
Tracking the trackers: Mozilla's anti-Big Brother add-on
Published: 03 March, 2012, 14:31
The owner of Firefox, the world’s second most popular browser, is backing an add-on which would allow users to monitor in real-time how their actions are tracked and shared by various websites as they surf the net.
The tool currently in development visualizes the flow of information as a meshwork of bubbles representing different websites. It tracks the sites which the user visits and also shows their known partners – ad companies, behavior profilers and other third parties. As surfing continues, a pattern emerges revealing that different popular sites are linked to the same data collectors, which are building up their knowledge on the user’s habits and preferences
FULL STORY: http://rt.com/news/firefox-addon-tracking-privacy-759/
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Comment by Central Scrutinizer on March 3, 2012 at 9:12am
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theres 3rd party software for this as well, IP tracer progs shows you where your stuff is going and who's looking @ it. If ya never used one and try it, PREPARE YOURSELF, theres a lot of nosy edu's, gov's, biz, DARPA, Uni's looking @ your data 24/7/365
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