{"id":675,"date":"2012-09-20T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/?p=675"},"modified":"2012-09-10T14:18:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T14:18:24","slug":"firefox-tip-do-not-track-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/09\/20\/firefox-tip-do-not-track-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Tip &#8211; Do Not Track on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many websites track their visitors&#8217; behavior and then sell or provide that information to other companies (like advertisers). Firefox\u2019s <a title=\"SUMO Do Not Track\" href=\"http:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/kb\/how-do-i-turn-do-not-track-feature\" target=\"_blank\">Do-not-track feature<\/a> lets you tell websites you don&#8217;t want your browsing behavior tracked.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook fan Kang M. recently told us that it\u2019s one of his favorite things about Firefox, and offered an extra tip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like the Do Not Track feature. You can even activate it on your Android phone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You absolutely can, Kang! Thanks for pointing it out.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to turn it on using your Android phone: Tap the main Menu, then tap More and then Settings. On the Firefox Settings screen,\u00a0 scroll down to the Privacy &amp; Security section and tap the button next to Tell sites not to track me to set enable the feature. <a title=\"SUMO Do Not Track Mobile\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/how-do-i-turn-do-not-track-feature-mobile\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about Do Not Track on your Android device<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a tip you&#8217;d like to share with other Firefox users, please post it on our <a title=\"Firefox Facebook Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/firefox\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a> with #FirefoxTips and tag us, or post on Twitter with #FirefoxTips. You can also <a title=\"Firefox Tips Archive\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/category\/firefox\/firefox-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\">view more tips in our archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you found this tip useful, be sure to share it with the Facebook and Twitter buttons below, and help tell the world about Firefox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many websites track their visitors&#8217; behavior and then sell or provide that information to other companies (like advertisers). Firefox\u2019s Do-not-track feature lets you tell websites you don&#8217;t want your browsing behavior tracked. 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