Interview With Mozilla's Ryan Merkley: Tracking the Trackers

colinneagle writes "Among the eye-opening statements in his recent TED talk, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs said, 'Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn't be the price we accept for just getting on the Internet. Our voices matter and our actions matter even more.' After you download and install Collusion in Firefox, you can 'see who is tracking you across the Web and following you through the digital woods,' Kovacs stated. 'Going forward, all of our voices need to be heard. Because what we don't know can actually hurt us. Because the memory of the Internet is forever. We are being watched. It's now time for us to watch the watchers.' I've been using Collusion for some time now and it is jaw-dropping to watch all the sites that still stalk us across the web even with DNT and privacy add-ons. The Collusion page states: 'The Ford Foundation is supporting Mozilla to develop the Collusion add-on so it will enable users to not only see who is tracking them across the Web, but also to turn that tracking off when they want to.'"

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Go Ahead, Track Tor Exit Nodes!

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Download/Demo here

[Inda]

You don't need that to see how we're being tracked (although I do have it installed).

I'd been looking at having laser eye surgery for some time. Money was the only thing stopping me from doing real research.

There was an advert for an Optical Express laser clinic, with a competition for free treatment, so I clicked. It's probably the only time I've ever clicked, and this was at work with no Ad-block installed.

I went through the process of consultation, price negotiation and all that stuff. I was happy with everything offered, and went ahead with the surgery (two weeks ago, best thing I've ever done).

Top of Slashdot today? Adverts for laser eye surgery at Optical Express. In fact, every blinking website I visit at work is trying to show me adverts for Optical Express. This has been going on for nearly two months!

I'm sure it must happen to everyone, everywhere.