Hiding Online Footprints Makers of Firefox Browser Explore Do-Not-Track Tool After Scrapping Earlier Effort

JULIA ANGWIN And SPENCER E. ANTE

The makers of the popular Firefox Web browser are exploring ways to create a do-not-track mechanism that could offer Internet users a way to avoid being monitored online.

The effort comes just months after Firefox's creator, Mozilla Corp., killed a powerful and new tool to limit tracking under pressure from an ad-industry executive, The Wall Street Journal has learned. Mozilla says it didn't scrap the tool because of pressure, but rather out of concern it would force advertisers to use even sneakier techniques and could slow down the performance of some websites.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 1, 2010 1:13 AM
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