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== Goal: Firefox users can avoid being tracked == | == Goal: Firefox users can avoid being tracked == | ||
=== Tracking protection in Lightbeam === | === Tracking protection in Lightbeam === | ||
In Lightbeam, once we have the ability to automatically identify tracking domains, we can offer people the option to disallow network connections to those domains. This work is | In Lightbeam, once we have the ability to automatically identify tracking domains, we can offer people the option to disallow network connections to those domains. This work is discussed in the [https://github.com/mozilla/lightbeam/wiki/Lightbeam-Roadmap Lightbeam roadmap]. | ||
=== Tracking protection in Firefox === | === Tracking protection in Firefox === | ||
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=== Tracking protection from social widgets === | === Tracking protection from social widgets === | ||
* | Social widgets such as the Facebook “Like” button and the Google “+1” button can be used for tracking, are embedded on 20% of sites worldwide and generate billions of impressions daily. These widgets transmit identifiers such as cookies on load, regardless of whether the user interacts with the widget. In some cases the NSA has used this feature to identify surveillance targets [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/12/10/nsa-uses-google-cookies-to-pinpoint-targets-for-hacking/]]. | ||
For users who have a first-party relationship with these service providers, blocking network loads entirely is not an option. However, we can improve privacy properties of these widgets by doing one of the following: | |||
* Serve the widgets from locally cached copies so that no network traffic is sent unless the user interacts with the widgets. | |||
* Block cookies on network requests that serve these widgets until the user interacts with the widget. | |||
=== Physical tracking protection === | === Physical tracking protection === | ||
Physical tracking is becoming increasingly important in brick-and-mortar stores [[http://centerformediajustice.org/wp-content/files/WALMART_PRIVACY_.pdf]]. Because networked devices broadcast their MAC address during wireless network discovery, simply entering the range of a wireless access point enables the wireless provider to track the device, whether or not the device connects successfully to the network. Wifi tracking is something that can only be tacked at the OS level. | |||
== Goal: Mozilla transforms the tracking | == Goal: Mozilla transforms the discussion around tracking with science == | ||
Currently, technical and policy decisions around tracking mechanisms such as cookies are not based experiments conducted on publicly available data sets. Lightbeam strives to enable work in this area to be reproducible and open by encouraging its users to contribute their Lightbeam graphs back to Mozilla, so aggregate, de-identified data can be shared with the scientific community. | |||