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Do Not Track

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A few years ago the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) created a mechanism for browsers to inform web servers that they would not like to be tracked. + This is accomplished by including a DNT (Do Not Track) header with web requests. + This header is enabled by default in Privacy Browser, although if desired it can be disabled in the settings.

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The DNT header doesn't really provide much privacy because most web servers ignore it. For example, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook + all ignore at least some DNT headers.

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Privacy Browser Free includes a banner advertisement across the bottom of the screen that is populated by Google's @@ -53,6 +63,5 @@

Verizon, one of the major mobile carriers in the United States, adds a unique tracking header to all HTTP traffic on their network. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has written about the privacy implications of this practice. Due to public pressure Verizon has created a way to opt out of this tracking.

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