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Dave Dempsey

Dave digs the Dirt, webtips, IT-memes and other online geekery. Also as Podcast.

30. 7. 2011 - 13:20

Today's Webtip: Share me not

Covering your tracks in the world wide web

It takes a lot of work to stay anonymous these days. It seems like everyone everywhere is trying to track you on the web. One of the tools that help them are those handy little sharing buttons that seem to be everywhere. They don't just track what you like when you like it, they know where you have been when you have been there.

But for those of you who still want the convenience of quick sharing without the big brother aspects of it, there is a solution. "Share me not" disables the tracking of those bugs until you actually decide to share something. It's not complete anonymity, but it's better than nothing. If you're using Firefox at least...

You can read more about it at boinboing.net.