Twitter Announces Do Not Track Setting

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Ooooo this is good news.

 

Quote: Twitter on Thursday gave privacy advocated a big win by announced a new “Do Not Track” setting that allows users to opt out of being tracked by Twitters platform.

 

The plan was unveiled at an Internet Week panel in New York Thursday morning by chief technology officer for the Federal Trade Commission, Ed Felten.

 

Twitter also revealed the new Do Not Track button, tweeting:

 

“The Federal Trade Commission’s CTO, Ed Felten, just mentioned Twitter now supports Do Not Track. We applaud the FTC’s leadership on DNT.”

 

Users can take advantage of the Do Not Track option using any browser that already support the option. The new feature prevents Twitter from collecting information about users through the use of... Continued at: http://www.blogherald.com/2012/05/17...track-setting/

 

Looks like this is the tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/twitter/statu...33041160364033