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Twitter Implements Do Not Track Privacy Option

[Another big privacy / security win for Twitter][link]. They’re using a new feature in Firefox called, appropriately, “[Do Not Track][dnt]”:

>Do Not Track is a step toward putting you in control of the way your information is collected and used online. Do Not Track is a feature in Firefox that allows you to let a website know you would like to opt-out of third-party tracking for purposes including behavioral advertising. It does this by transmitting a Do Not Track HTTP header every time your data is requested from the Web.

Can anyone even imagine Facebook doing this? I hope this finds its way into WebKit. [“Do Not Track” is also available as an option in Safari 5.2, which is available to developers right now.][safari] (thanks, [Jesper][jesp])

[link]: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/twitter-implements-do-not-track-privacy-option/ “Twitter Implements Do Not Track Privacy Option – NYTimes.com”
[dnt]: http://dnt.mozilla.org/ “Do Not Track”
[safari]: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/01/inside_os_x_108_mountain_lion_safari_52_adds_privacy_settings_website_alerts.html “Safari 5.2 adds privacy settings, website alerts”
[jesp]: http://stmts.net/ “STMNTS”

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Firesheep

[A Firefox plugin that makes HTTP session hijacking as easy as a double-click.][link]

[link]: http://codebutler.com/firesheep “Eric Butler – Software Developer in Seattle WA”

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Tab Candy

[A pretty incredible implementation of tabs for Firefox][link], which mimics the good parts of Exposé and Spaces on OS X. The kicker: It’s twitter entirely in HTML, CSS and JS.

via [Lukas Mathis][lukas]

[link]: http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/tabcandy/ “Tab Candy: Making Firefox Tabs Sweet « Aza on Design”
[lukas]: http://ignco.de/318 “Source post”

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Code Rush, A Documentary About the Beginning of the Mozilla Project, Now in Creative Commons

[Thanks to the efforts of Andy Baio][link].

[link]: http://waxy.org/2009/07/code_rush_in_the_creative_commons/ “Code Rush in the Creative Commons – Waxy.org”

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Google Releases “Page Speed”, A Web Page Performance Tool

[It looks like Google’s version of YSlow][link], but apparently it’s used in-house at Google. At a company where Engineers Rule, I’d bet it’s pretty precise.

[link]: http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/ “Page Speed Home”

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Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension

[Installing addons to non-Microsoft software without meaningful notification][link]. Anyone who thinks the Zune HD or Windows 7 will be *better*, remember that this is where their instincts lie.

[link]: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/microsoft_update_quietly_insta.html?wprss=securityfix “Security Fix – Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension”

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Mozilla Labs Jetpack

[Extending Firefox with open web technologies like jQuery, HTML and CSS][link]. I am thinking of it as the next generation of Greasemonkey.

[link]: https://jetpack.mozillalabs.com/ “Mozilla Labs Jetpack | Exploring new ways to extend and personalize the Web”