I would say "web browsers MUST can now provide"
Begin forwarded message:
From: Andrew Pam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: January 18, 2006 11:22:38 AM EST
To: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Don Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [IP] <a ping> tracking what links you click on
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:05:58AM -0500, Dave Farber wrote:
From: Don Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: January 18, 2006 10:49:07 AM EST
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: <a ping> tracking what links you click on
I found this via Slashdot, a new attribute to anchor tags that is
being implemented in the next version of Firefox (1.6a) that makes it
easier than ever to track what links you’re clicking.
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/darin/archives/009594.html
But it also makes the tracking, which as the article makes clear is
already being done in ways that can be concealed from the user, more
explicit. This is privacy-positive, because web browsers can now
provide
a feature to show you which links cause a ping and who you're pinging,
and provide an option not to do so - just as they evolved features to
manage cookies, suppress images and pop-ups, etc.
Regards,
Andrew
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