X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.stoutner.com/?p=PrivacyBrowserAndroid.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=app%2Fsrc%2Fmain%2Fassets%2Fen%2Fguide_tracking_ids.html;h=9b12a1c42b6f2ce5675403ad454c5d29725638ce;hp=ce93eca91173e54e3762796f95647395620d9b70;hb=HEAD;hpb=39380e8e8bdb3b9e29569a263277c9c3112b44ac diff --git a/app/src/main/assets/en/guide_tracking_ids.html b/app/src/main/assets/en/guide_tracking_ids.html index ce93eca9..d3faf088 100644 --- a/app/src/main/assets/en/guide_tracking_ids.html +++ b/app/src/main/assets/en/guide_tracking_ids.html @@ -1,24 +1,25 @@ + along with Privacy Browser Android. If not, see . --> - + + Tracking IDs @@ -32,12 +33,21 @@

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.

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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.

URL Modification

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Privacy Browser removes tracking ID sections of URLs, like ?utm_ from Google Analytics and - ?fbclick= from Facebook. URL modification can be turned off in the settings if it is causing issues.

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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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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 using WebView's DevTools.

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