Browser add-on Abine Edition not-track-PCWorld

A company that creates tools give greater privacy online has released a free browser extension on Tuesday, which allows you to selectively decide which sites to enable them to follow.

The extension, by Abine, is called the "Do not track Plus" and is compatible with the browser Mozilla Firefox.

The extension uses the proposed mechanism not-track is discussed in the US and elsewhere. The mechanism allows the user to decide behavioral advertising – where the movement of the user in the Internet recorded and monitored – by sending a HTTP header to a Web site providing information to the web site that the user doesn't want to be watched.

So far, the Web sites and ad networks are not employing tracking, but soon it is expected that the company will not accept it, after requests from users for greater privacy when browsing the Internet, said Rob Shavell, co-founder of Abine.

Browser makers have responded to these concerns. The latest Firefox 4 browser, Mozilla supports the not-track mechanism. Your browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 is, what it calls "the Monitoring of protection," which allows users to import the lists of third-party domains, the monitoring of advertising technology, will be blocked. Abine also publishes a list of blocking ads for IE9.

Firefox is to apply, however: using the not function-track blocks all tracing. But it's not Abine trail Plus add-in allows users to selectively decide which agrees with the servers being monitored and the ones that you want to disable, said Shavell.

Not Abine browser add-on, Google Chrome from the companies it was technically impossible to create a custom HTTP header, which is what the trace mechanism relies on, "said Shavell. Made his fortune from online advertising and own Doubleclick, Google, large advertising networks.

The Federal Trade Commission USA supports the not-track mechanism for the consumer. Wednesday's US Senate Committee on Commerce, science and transportation due to the possession and the hearing in Washington, D.C., called the "State of Online Privacy for consumers".

The Committee will address issues of protection of privacy on the Internet, including the collection and dissemination of information, sensitive and private consumers, according to a summary of the hearing.

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