Does my browser unblock 3rd parties that promise to honor DNT? Would I want it to? How would I instruct it to do so?
I discovered Panopticclick, and had it run a test on my computer, the results came back good except for it states this: Does your browser unblock 3rd parties that promise to honor Do Not Track? ✗ no Does your browser protect from fingerprinting? ✗ No, your browser has a nearly-unique fingerprint. 1) I would like to know why my browser does not unblock 3rd parties that promise to honor DNT? 2) Would I want my browser to unblock 3rd parties? 3) if your answer to Q2 is yes, then how do I do that? 4) Do I want my browser to protect from finger printing? 5) if your answer is yes to Q3, then how do I instruct my browser to do so?
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Dave said
1) I would like to know why my browser does not unblock 3rd parties that promise to honor DNT?
I'm not sure what Panopticlick means here. Does Firefox have a list of approved trackers that are allowed to track because of a commitment not to track? It sounds a bit like a contradiction.
I think Mozilla's emphasis is on blocking of known trackers through the Content Blocking feature. If you have Tracking Protection enabled, Firefox also will sent a DNT signal indicating that you prefer not to be tracked. It's hard to think of a case where you would want to not send that signal if Tracking Protection is enabled. Or how those would work together.
2) Would I want my browser to unblock 3rd parties?
Sounds like a question you are in the best position to answer. ;-)
3) if your answer to Q2 is yes, then how do I do that?
To manage Content Blocking, see: Content blocking.
4) Do I want my browser to protect from finger printing?
In a perfect world, yes.
5) if your answer is yes to Q3, then how do I instruct my browser to do so?
(Q4, I assume) Firefox has a feature to block known sources of fingerprinting scripts. See the above link. There's also a preference that causes Firefox to take some information about your browser, but I don't recommend it because in my view, it causes more problems than it solves.
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Dave said
1) I would like to know why my browser does not unblock 3rd parties that promise to honor DNT?
I'm not sure what Panopticlick means here. Does Firefox have a list of approved trackers that are allowed to track because of a commitment not to track? It sounds a bit like a contradiction.
I think Mozilla's emphasis is on blocking of known trackers through the Content Blocking feature. If you have Tracking Protection enabled, Firefox also will sent a DNT signal indicating that you prefer not to be tracked. It's hard to think of a case where you would want to not send that signal if Tracking Protection is enabled. Or how those would work together.
2) Would I want my browser to unblock 3rd parties?
Sounds like a question you are in the best position to answer. ;-)
3) if your answer to Q2 is yes, then how do I do that?
To manage Content Blocking, see: Content blocking.
4) Do I want my browser to protect from finger printing?
In a perfect world, yes.
5) if your answer is yes to Q3, then how do I instruct my browser to do so?
(Q4, I assume) Firefox has a feature to block known sources of fingerprinting scripts. See the above link. There's also a preference that causes Firefox to take some information about your browser, but I don't recommend it because in my view, it causes more problems than it solves.
You can set Firefox to allow third-party cookies from visited websites or create an allow exception for specific websites.
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Thank you all for your great answers Very much appreciated that you took time from your day to answer! Panopticlick is a cool web site. https://panopticlick.eff.org/
jscher2000, your answer really helped! Super replies to my questions, all of them! your links helped greatly! Thank you! I like Firefox!