DoNotTrackMe browser add on protects your privacy when Do Not Track doesn’t

Forget about Do Not Track – there's a better way to keep your privacy: Abine's newest browser plugin, DoNotTrackMe, which puts a wall between you and the online data hoarders who want to want your every move.

Internet regulators, the U.S. government, and the advertising industry have been working for a while now on a thing called ‘Do Not Track,’ a bit of code sent from your browser that tells advertisers not to keep tabs on your online activities. It sounds good – problem is, it doesn’t work. Like, not even a little bit.

This is because advertisers have no obligation to honor Do Not Track (DNT), and most don’t. Some even think that DNT should allow tracking – crazy, I know. Plus, there are a whole slew of other data collectors that track you online that never had any intention of paying attention to DNT, and you need to worry about them just as much as advertisers, maybe more. So what’s a privacy conscious Web user to do?

One great option is to install DoNotTrackMe (DNTMe), the latest anti-tracking browser plugin from Abine. An update of Abine’s DoNotTrackPlus (DNT+), DNTMe includes 200 more advertising companies, and 630 total tracking technologies, on its block list. Abine has also included new analytics charts in DNTMe, which show you exactly which companies are tracking you, as well as the total number of tracking attempts blocked by the plugin. DNTMe also gives you the ability to pick and choose which websites you want to allow tracking technologies to work on, as some sites will not work properly without them. You can also turn on or off tracking from specific advertisers or analytics companies.

The other major update that arrives with DNTMe is the removal of things called “advertiser opt-out cookies.” These cookies are actually “good” for your privacy, as they tell specific advertisers not to track you or show you targeted ads – but, of course, that’s not why Abine removed them. Instead, advertiser opt-out cookies are absent from DNTMe for two reasons: First, a lot of people think all cookies are bad, so when DNT+ let these cookies through, people were getting upset and confused with Abine. Second, the opt-out cookies don’t necessarily stop advertisers from tracking you.

“You’re setting these [opt-out] cookies that advertisers have put out, ostensibly to stop tracking, but in many cases they’re actually not stopping the collection of your data,” says Abine privacy expert Sarah Downey. “Whereas we can actually do that through just simply blocking tracking, which actually works, and is way more effective, and is really simple for our users.”

Downey says that, with DNT+, Abine “wanted to support the advertisers self-regulatory efforts. But when it comes down to it, these opt-out cookies are a failure of advertiser self-regulation. And our users really didn’t like them.”

DNTMe is currently available for Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Firefox, and can be downloaded from Abine’s website for free. Once installed a blue-and-white “cross hairs” icon will appear on your browser’s menu bar. Click it to see exactly who’s trying to keep tabs on your activities.

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How to track your iPhone 5 delivery if you’re in the UK

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If you are in the UK and sitting at home or in the office impatiently waiting for your iPhone 5 delivery, this information could help to calm your nerves. If you use the tracking information provided by Apple on its website, you will more than likely see that your iPhone 5 shipment is being handled by a company called Syncreon Parcel Delivery. A quick visit to their track and trace service and the bad news is that your iPhone 5 is in Hinkley; do not despair, its probably not.

Syncreon Parcel Delivery is not a carrier but a distribution holding company and the delivery is actually being carried out by UK Mail or UPS locally. The good news is you can use your tracking information over at UK Mail and see exactly what’s happening with your iPhone 5.

The first thing to do is head over to Apple and get your tracking number from the tracking information displayed on your order.Once you have the tracking number, instead of heading to Syncreon, go to UK Mail.Enter your tracking number in the box on the right hand side labeled “By Reference Number”Hit GoHopefully you should now see your delivery information, the site is getting hammered at the moment but be patient.Click on the link and you will again hopefully see that your iPhone 5 is out or delivery or if you’re lucky, already delivered.If it doesn’t work for you, try the same thing over at UPS, Apple tends to use UK Mail or UPS.

Good luck and hopefully you will have found that your iPhone 5 is on its way. while you wait in your now more relaxed state, head on over to our Official iPhone 5 line-up tailgate party!! in the forums.

Chris Oldroyd

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More of: iPhne 5, Delivery, Uk, Syncreon, Ups, UK Mail ? PreviouslyThe best games to show off your new iPhone 5 Next up ?iMore show 314: iOS 6 review + iPhone 5 buyers guide There are 3 comments. Add yours. adansantos says: Sep 21, 2012 at 4:26 am - 4 hours ago

Hehehe... the UKMail page seems to have buckled under the requests... won't load up *quietly sits on the lounge where the UKMail van can be seen approach*

Reply michelle burns says: Sep 21, 2012 at 6:09 am - 2 hours ago

Thanks for the heads up, I have just had a look on UK mail and yep all tracking info is there. Its on its way!!!!!

Reply techfeed says: Sep 21, 2012 at 7:40 am - 1 hour ago

Aaaaaa...we will just wait for it to be delivered...=D
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