Some websites track users behaviors online for
providing relevant information to the user or may be for some other good
reasons so it’s ok, as long as the user knows that they’re getting
tracked, it seems acceptable, but in most of the cases the users are
totally unaware of the fact that they’re getting tracked. That’s evil!
But it’s not going to continue for long – due to a cool add-on – that
will help you in tracking (and controlling ) the online trackers (so
basically, it’s a meta tracker
).
Collusion : Firefox Add-on to discover your online trackers in Real Time
Mozilla Foundation (along with Ford Foundation) has launched an
add-on for
Firefox web browser named –
Collusion
which will allow you to discover the sites which is tracking your
online activity and not only that – it will also provide you some
options to control it i.e you can turn off their tracking if you want.
So we are moving towards a more transparent web, now take a look at how
you are going to visualize the data (of trackers and how they’re linked)
– Here is a snapshot taken on my browser. Using Collusion you can
visualize the tracking data/activity in
real time – right from your browser – in one click.
Download/Install Collusion add-on in Mozilla Firefox
Go to
plugin page
and download/install it. That set, you won’t have to even restart the
browser. You will notice an icon of Collusion at top-bottom corner.
Click on the icon and continue your browsing. Now, come back to
Collusion tab and visualize/control how you’re getting tracked and by
whom – see the icons of website in the little round circles (nodes).
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