Sid Stamm
For a while now, we’ve been talking about how the Do Not Track feature really has three states: “user says nothing”, “user says track”, and “user says don’t track”. In Firefox 4, we introduced two of these states with a … Continue reading
Sid Stamm
The guiding principles behind Do Not Track aren’t just for web browsers and pages. Tracking happens in a variety of ways, including through email, so we’re putting Do Not Track into Thunderbird. Email Tracking. Sometimes email messages you receive contain … Continue reading
Sid Stamm
Now in Aurora: Secure Google Searches are default. In Aurora when you search using the location bar, search box, or the right-click menu, your search will be sent to Google through a secure (HTTPS) connection. You won’t notice a difference … Continue reading
Sid Stamm
As Do Not Track picks up steam and standardization is well underway in the W3C, people have begun asking, “If Do Not Track is so good for the web, why don’t you turn it on by default?” Do Not Track is not Mozilla’s position on tracking, it’s the individual’s! For that reason we have no plans to turn on Do Not Track by default. Continue reading
Sid Stamm
Mozilla introduced the Do Not Track privacy feature to give users a way to tell companies they don’t want to be tracked online. We’ve seen growth and adoption of Do Not Track and are pleased to note that today, AdTruth, … Continue reading
Sid Stamm
For a while now we at Mozilla have been talking about our privacy operating principles. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to make sure we deliver on these promises, and want to share a little bit of the backstage work we’ve done to make Firefox live up to these promises when we release a new feature called Telemetry. Continue reading