Friday, October 25, 2013

Mozilla To Offer A New And Free Web Tool To Monitor Who Is Following You On The Web

Lightbeam reveals the source of third-party adverts

Mozilla's Lightbeam Tool Will Expose Who Is Looking Over Your Shoulder On The Web -- The Independent

Just who is looking over your shoulder when you browse the Internet? Tomorrow, web users will be given a new tool to shine a light on the commercial organisations which track your every movement online.

Lightbeam, a download produced by Mozilla, the US free software community behind the popular Firefox browser, claims to be a “watershed” moment in the battle for web transparency.

Everyone who browses the Internet leaves a digital trail used by advertisers to discover what your interests are.

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My Comment: My web browser of choice is Mozilla. When this web tool is available I will download it and  try it .... expect a followup report later in the day.

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