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I have no checkbox for "Tell websites I do not want to be tracked"!

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mickeyth
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I have XP and Firefox 5.0. Followed the directions for not wanting to be tracked, but in Options, general tab ( under Advanced) has no checkbox for this. The last checkbox is "Check my spelling as I type". The instructions show "Tel websites I do not want to be tracked" as last checkbox. Is there a way to get this? Many,many Thanks in advance.

I have XP and Firefox 5.0. Followed the directions for not wanting to be tracked, but in Options, general tab ( under Advanced) has no checkbox for this. The last checkbox is "Check my spelling as I type". The instructions show "Tel websites I do not want to be tracked" as last checkbox. Is there a way to get this? Many,many Thanks in advance.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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That preference was moved to Options > Privacy -> Tracking in the 5.0 version.

edited from Security to Privacy - my bad

Modified by the-edmeister

cor-el
cor-el
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Selecting that "do-not-track" setting will only make Firefox send a specific HTTP header (DNT=1) to a web server.
It is up to the server to do something with that request.

ITIMAMOBIWW
ITIMAMOBIWW
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well.. uh... maybe it's moving around on its own..

It used to be under Option + Advanced + whatever.

It may have made it over to Security for awhile... ?

but,

In the flavor that I just installed, It shows up under Privacy.

go figure ??? all in the name of make'n it easy to find... gotta love it.