Saturday, 2 June 2012

Tracking Who’s Tracking You

If you are a Firefox user who has AdBlock Plus some sites detect you have that add-on installed and serve you a message like, “Can you please disable your ad blocker for just this site? As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil — personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, of Mozilla it’s your right to know what data is being collected about you and how it affects your online life. He unveiled the Firefox add-on to do just that.

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