IE9 Overachieving on Protecting User Privacy

[jamescv7]

Internet Explorer 9 is already perfectly equipped to protect user privacy and to put customers in control when it comes to what third-parties can track them when surfing the web.

Introduced with the Release Candidate of IE9, Tracking Protection only matured with the RTW version of the browser.

In IE9 RTW, Tracking Protection was extended to also cover ActiveX controls such as Adobe Flash.

This feature is in fact an opt-in mechanism, which involves the users taking an active role in protecting their privacy by downloading and installing a Tracking Protection List and blocking third-party sites, such as advertisers, from tracking their online behavior.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-Overachieving-on-Protecting-User-Privacy-191663.shtml

 

[Ink]

I tried Tracking Protection, but was unable to properly navigate myself around from Hotmail to SkyDrive (on Windows Live), ended up having to disable TP. I do however use the ActiveX Filtering.

 

[Guest28]

I saw pranay's vid on how the new improved smart screen filter blocks malware. It blocked everything from what i could see.

 

[bogdan]

While I find the Do Not Track User Preference header inefficient, I like the fact that they also added Tracking Protection Lists, but obviously, if it doesn't work properly (as stormgtr mentioned) most users will never enable it.