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Future Versions of Safari Will Prevent Ad Networks From Tracking Your Browsing Habits

By Adrian Covert Published April 14, 2011, 4:14 pm ET

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If you find hyper-targeted web ads to be really, really creepy like I do, you’ll be happy to know that the OS X Lion version of Safari will follow the lead of Firefox by preventing online ad-networks from being able to track your browsing history. That means no more dating sites advertising your future soulmate who also loves Canon 5D firmware hacks. [WSJ via The Register]

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