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anthonycr / Lightning-Browser

A lightweight Android browser with modern navigation
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Do not track still not enabled? #438

Open kowith337 opened 8 years ago

kowith337 commented 8 years ago

I'm use F-droid build and I've turned on "Do not track" option, but it seems doesn't turned on and still tracked. both on normal mode and private (incognito) mode.

Tested on Don't track us, it show this browser support DNT, but it seems DNT request is disabled or not turned on. Update screenshots screenshot_2016-07-11-12-11-11 screenshot_2016-07-11-12-11-31 screenshot_2016-07-11-12-12-05

FallenKN commented 8 years ago

repuducable for me aswell, but may the test just can't detect.

razorshiv commented 8 years ago

I have tried other test sites, DNT doesn't work. However, turning off java has more benefit than turning on DNT. That is of course IF websites honor the header which most don't and makes DNT pretty much useless.

Regards

kn00tcn commented 7 years ago

DNT makes no sense in the first place, why would a website that wants to track you be nice enough to follow that request? knowing that a visitor has the option is itself a form of tracking

Yowlen commented 7 years ago

Do Not Track is an honor system, yes. It's an effort to give sites some credibility in an increasingly-untrustworthy internet. However, it should be periodically followed up on to make sure the data isn't stored or used beyond the browsing session.

At any rate, using EFF's Panopticlick tool, Lightning appears to not unblock 3rd party domains (ad servers, usually) that honor the "Do Not Track" request. I would imagine that's where the issue lies. Blocking 3rd party cookies is one thing, but unblocking the "safe" ones is required for this feature.