Internet Explorer 9
may block 'em in 2011, and the US government's
on the case too, but you don't have to wait for Microsoft or bureaucracy to keep your privacy paramount if you browse with Rockmelt or Chrome. That's because former Google developer Brian Kennish just released Disconnect, an extension for either one, that banishes Digg, Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo tracking requests (more companies are on the way) as you make your merry way across the web. Install and you'll find a nice little "d" icon on your browser's status bar, with a drop-down menu exposing exactly how many requests you've blocked from each service, and the option to manually disable blocking at will. Why bother? Don't you want to keep that secret love of
Thanko products all to yourself?
Disconnect browser extension keeps pesky cookies in check, blocks third-party tracking requests originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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