X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.stoutner.com/?p=PrivacyBrowserAndroid.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=app%2Fsrc%2Fmain%2Fassets%2Fen%2Fguide_tracking_ids.html;h=54e7f8aa0c453ef248ae82080424086a2e487ccd;hp=14bed944be46678785ca0432ac0cd3a5d43ea704;hb=2bd8b7edef80b4b10cb809a198b4624c6c740c86;hpb=4c7cfa6d5af8027a6cbd6a5c8f57935c29637797 diff --git a/app/src/main/assets/en/guide_tracking_ids.html b/app/src/main/assets/en/guide_tracking_ids.html index 14bed944..54e7f8aa 100644 --- a/app/src/main/assets/en/guide_tracking_ids.html +++ b/app/src/main/assets/en/guide_tracking_ids.html @@ -1,58 +1,52 @@ + along with Privacy Browser Android. If not, see . --> - - - + - -

Advertisements

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Privacy Browser Free includes a banner advertisement across the bottom of the screen that is populated by Google's - AdMob network. By default, Google provides the advertising ID - of the device to the ads displayed through this network. This allows advertising companies to build a profile of - the device that show which apps are installed (that display ads), how often they are used, and which ads the user is interested in.

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Do Not Track

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Users can choose to disable the advertising ID in Settings, Google, Ads.

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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.

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The DNT header doesn't really provide any privacy because most web servers ignore it. For example, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook all ignore at least some DNT headers. + Beginning with version 3.8, Privacy Browser no longer has the option to send a DNT header.

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The purpose of the free version of Privacy Browser is to allow people to test the features of the app. The standard version can be purchased - on the major app stores or downloaded for free from - F-Droid.

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URL Modification

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Verizon Tracking Headers

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Privacy Browser removes tracking IDs and AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) redirects from URL queries. + There is a blog post that is updated with the current list of modifications. + URL modification can be turned off in the settings if it is causing issues.

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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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X-Requested-With Header

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Google programmed Android’s WebView to send an X-Requested-With header with every request. + The value of the X-Requested-With header is set to the application ID, which in the case of Privacy Browser is com.stoutner.privacybrowser.standard. + This can be disabled by using WebView's DevTools.

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