http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/10/419-firefox-takes-unusual-approach-in-unveiling-do-not-track-option/ The economics of digital content Sat, 25 May 2013 21:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/10/419-firefox-takes-unusual-approach-in-unveiling-do-not-track-option/#comment-82357 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:15:09 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/10/419-firefox-takes-unusual-approach-in-unveiling-do-not-track-option/#comment-82357 It’s interesting that people have no problem with Facebook following their every move across the web – via social plugins and exploitative Sponsored Stories – and yet they see an unobtrusive and non-identifying retargeting pixel as a heinous breach of privacy.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/10/419-firefox-takes-unusual-approach-in-unveiling-do-not-track-option/#comment-82356 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:07:26 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/10/419-firefox-takes-unusual-approach-in-unveiling-do-not-track-option/#comment-82356 Ghostery was never installed by default. They do mention that even Chrome has privacy plugins. The point here is the politics of it. Out of all the Firefox users out there, how many have Ghostery installed? Compare that to how many will run Firefox 4 in some months…

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2011/02/10/419-firefox-takes-unusual-approach-in-unveiling-do-not-track-option/#comment-82355 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:46:56 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/02/10/419-firefox-takes-unusual-approach-in-unveiling-do-not-track-option/#comment-82355 Meh. This is not worthy of fireworks. Ghostery has been around for some time.

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