Does "Do Not Track" really work?

[Steven Titchenell]

Does the "Do Not Track" option in browser settings, really work?

 

[Agent Smith]

I believe all it does is ask the website nicely not to track. LOL There are loads of ways websites can track you. HTML5 canvas fingerprinting is one, webrtc is another. There's also cookieless cookies and flash-based cookies. All can be mitigated, but you need to know how and depending on what browser you use.

 

[Jiniix]

All in all it's pretty much useless yeah, but it might save you a click on a popup.

 

[Steven Titchenell]

I believe all it does is ask the website nicely not to track. LOL There are loads of ways websites can track you. HTML5 canvas fingerprinting is one, webrtc is another. There's also cookieless cookies and flash-based cookies. All can be mitigated, but you need to know how and depending on what browser you use.

I use the Google Chrome web browser with the "Do Not Track" box checked off. I don't accept 3rd party cookies & delete cookies every time I close my browser. I also run "System Ninja" every time I close my browser

 

[Agent Smith]

System Ninja is only deleting Temp files.