![]() ![]() ![]() The companies can build a digital profile as you, say, read about Democratic or Republican viewpoints, buy a particular brand of pet food or indulge in the entire season of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians." He notes that burglars can still break down a door, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't bother locking it.Ĭookies and other trackers can be used by companies to keep track of who you are as you move from website to website. Nor can they help much when you use phone or tablet apps, unless the app happens to embed Safari, as Twitter's iPhone app does.īut Will Strafach, a mobile security expert who is designing data security tools for phones, said imperfect protection is better than no protection. For starters, they won't block tracking when you're using Facebook or Google itself. Safari and Firefox have less than 20 percent combined.Įven then, Safari and Firefox can't entirely stop tracking. To get the protections, you'll have to break your habit of using Google's Chrome browser, which by some estimates has more than half of the worldwide browser usage. Firefox has similar protections on Apple mobile devices and is rolling out them out to personal computers in the coming months. Safari makes these protections automatic in updates coming Tuesday to iPhones and iPads and a week later to Mac computers. Lance Cottrell, creator of the privacy service Anonymizer, said Apple's effort was particularly significant, as it takes aim at a technique developed by tracking companies to override users' attempts to delete their cookies. New protections in Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox browsers aim to prevent companies from turning "cookie" data files used to store sign-in details and preferences into broader trackers that take note of what you read, watch and research on other sites. 【Related】Apple shares rise on pricey iPhones no tariff impact yet.【Related】Apple expected to unveil bigger, pricier iPhone on Wednesday. ![]() 【Related】The Apple Watch is inching toward becoming a medical device. ![]()
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