- To disable Do Not Track in Google Chrome
- Go to Tools->Settings
- Go to Advanced Settings
- Under Privacy Select Do Not Track
Enabling ‘Do Not Track’ means that a request will be included with your browsing traffic. Any effect depends on whether a website responds to the request, and how the request is interpreted. For example, some websites may respond to this request by showing you ads that aren't based on other websites you've visited. Many websites will still collect and use your browsing data - for example to improve security, to provide content, services, ads and recommendations on their websites, and to generate reporting statistics. Learn more
This just means that legitmate sites need to adapt their sites to ignore tracking if a request from browser with Do Not Track enabled. - Select OK
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Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Do Not Track in Google Chrome
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Console Gaming and privacy
Slashdot: Your 3DS pwns you
And then there's the whole PS3 community fiasco. They didn't follow best practices with storage of sensitive info e.g. Credit card numbers, Name, address, DOB, names of dependents with sub-accounts and their DOBs, purchase history, and passwords in the clear. No obfuscation, no hashing, no encryption. Have we learned nothing in the years preceding the formation of PCI (Payment Card Industry)'s data security standard? PCI was created because of data breaches like this almost 10 years ago.
Extremely paraphrased: Anything you do on your 3DS is property of Nintendo including taking photos.And they have no restriction on what they can do with your content...
And then there's the whole PS3 community fiasco. They didn't follow best practices with storage of sensitive info e.g. Credit card numbers, Name, address, DOB, names of dependents with sub-accounts and their DOBs, purchase history, and passwords in the clear. No obfuscation, no hashing, no encryption. Have we learned nothing in the years preceding the formation of PCI (Payment Card Industry)'s data security standard? PCI was created because of data breaches like this almost 10 years ago.
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