I'm surprised it isn't more
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| Author | Content |
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| caitlyn Dec 28, 2012 10:55 AM EDT |
Only one in 10 people don't want to be tracked? Really? I guess people don't care about their privacy. I would have expected a much higher number. |
| maxxedout Dec 28, 2012 11:35 AM EDT |
My guess is that most people are ignorant of this setting. They install the software and never look at the preferences. |
| caitlyn Dec 28, 2012 11:38 AM EDT |
You're probably right. Sad, really. |
| Fettoosh Dec 28, 2012 11:59 AM EDT |
I tend to believe that most people are gullible about the consequences and don't care. |
| CFWhitman Dec 28, 2012 12:02 PM EDT |
There could be a certain amount of cynicism involved. There could be a number of people who figure that the sites that respect the "Do not track" flag probably aren't tracking anything specific to them anyway, and that the ones who are really invading their privacy are going to ignore the flag anyway. |
| caitlyn Dec 28, 2012 12:09 PM EDT |
There are some good tools to anonymize browsing that would work for the cynics and skeptics. Heck, the Midori browser has anonymous browsing built in. |
| tracyanne Dec 28, 2012 6:14 PM EDT |
I don't opt for do not track, I use Adblock Plus and Ghostery instead. |
| BernardSwiss Dec 28, 2012 7:13 PM EDT |
I've recently realized that Flashblock plus Ghostery (and perhaps BetterPrivacy) stops almost everything already. I'm trying to figure out how I can whitelist the sites I really want to support (like this one) without whitelisting every web-bug and cookie on them (for example, DoubleClick). I don't want to block all the ads, just the annoying ones. And I want to block most of the tracking. Does AdBlock Plus provide finer-grained control? |
| tracyanne Dec 28, 2012 8:10 PM EDT |
Good Question Bernard Ive never really worried about that before Ad BlockPlus uses lists so in principle you Can add and remove whatever you choose on those lists |
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