Security Alert:IE 9 to Let Users Block Tracking

摘要

THE NEXT VERSION of Internet Explorer will let users turn on "tracking protection," a new mechanism that will block specified third-party sites from tracking users, Microsoft says. The IE 9 announcement came as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission proposed that consumers be allowed to subscribe to a "do not track" system similar to the "do not call" lists that block telemarketers (see page 16).