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How is Ghostery and DNT+ any different than the already built-in feature of IE's Inprivate Filtering? Seems like just another level of bloatware.
How is Ghostery and DNT+ any different than the already built-in feature of IE's Inprivate Filtering? Seems like just another level of bloatware.
I never use IE, so all I can say is an assumtion...that being it is like using a private tab in Opera, and all that does is to delete any info about the websites and your activity when you are finished...with nothing to do with preventing tracking, as we are discussing. In other words, the private tab is to prevent some that has access to your computer from tracking your activity, but not outsiders.
That's not what Inprivate Filtering does. It doesn't "delete" anything, it's like a blocker. But I know nothing about Opera so we're even.
Sounds like it deletes it to me:
InPrivate Browsing - Microsoft Windows
I also found some info about handling outside tracking in IE, but it kind of sounds a bit tedious to me:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/i...ing-protection
I said Inprivate Filtering, not Browsing. There's a difference.
Here's a screen shot of the options
Last edited by carwiz; 02 Jun 2012 at 21:13. Reason: Added Picture
Okay, I stand corrected. Reading the comment in that window, it sounds as though it has the same problem that Ghostery had with crippling some websites. Have you had much problem with it?
Only on the NBA site. But I don't get out much.
You can turn it on/off with a click on the icon in the bottom-right of the screen. (Next to Zoom %) The advanced settings allow you to add additional filters via XML but the standard filters are "learned".
BTW - I would rather cripple a website than have it load intrusive scripts. I do the same with Flash Player. I pick what sites are allowed to do. If hit a site while browsing and it's blocked or crippled, I usually don't need to see it anyway.
Last edited by carwiz; 02 Jun 2012 at 21:33. Reason: Add Comment
I have available to me (x64 HomePrem)
1) Tracking Protection Lists (add-ons),
2) Active X Filtering
3) InPrivate Browsing
--> but no InPrivate FilteringThere are two things that I don't quite understandWinHelp said:
1) Where's the Safety Button (my customization hidden?), I'm looking at the safety menu in tools (gear) instead
2) Is filtering only available on > Home versions?
Anyway, it sounds as though it is the solution I've been looking for, at least in IE. Sorry, I couldn't grab (anyone know a trick to snip a menu that rolls up?) the drop down menu in IE safety that doesn't list InPriv filtering
Delete history
InPrivate Browsing
Tracking Protection (-> add-ons)Active X Filtering
.......
Answering "Where is the safety button?" - yep, I turned off the Command toolbar.
I dunno, I was blonde as a child, but I cannot find InPrivate Filtering
Microsoft said:
Last edited by Slartybart; 03 Jun 2012 at 09:37. Reason: add IE9 Security & Privacy page
I couldn't recall which site I used to wholesale opt-out, but I looked (as promised) and found more than I remember being available many years ago. I'm fairly certain that I used NAI or CDT or both. The trouble is that I clean my browser history on exit and that defeats the opt-out which is cookie based. I've looked at some of the add-ons and will try a few (one at a time), but what I've read so far is that many of them depend on cookies as well. More research needed.....
Please read the facts on any or all of the pages listed below. It's a lot, I know, but why trust me? Besides, it's nice to know what the organization intends to do to help you, doesn't it?
Organizations concerned about privacy:
- Network Advertising Initiative (NAI)
- Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC)
- Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA)
- Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
- YourOnlineChoices.com Pan-European
Offers tool or add-on: PrivacyChoice.org
Companies in the business of collecting data offering opt-outs: