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Do Not Track (DNT) is a deprecated non-standard [1] HTTP header field designed to allow internet users to opt out of tracking by websites—which includes the collection of data regarding a user's activity across multiple distinct contexts, and the retention, use, or sharing of data derived from that activity outside the context in which it occurred.
Cross-site leaks, also known as XS-leaks, is an internet security term used to describe a class of attacks used to access a user's sensitive information on another website. Cross-site leaks allow an attacker to access a user's interactions with other websites. This can contain sensitive information.
It was included with High Sierra. Safari 11 included several new features such as Intelligent Tracking Prevention [75] which aimed to prevent cross-site tracking by placing limitations on cookies and other website data. [76] Intelligent Tracking Prevention allowed first-party cookies to continue track the browser history, though with time ...
Requests a web application to disable their tracking of a user. This is Mozilla's version of the X-Do-Not-Track header field (since Firefox 4.0 Beta 11). Safari and IE9 also have support for this field. [25] On March 7, 2011, a draft proposal was submitted to IETF. [26] The W3C Tracking Protection Working Group is producing a specification. [27]
One example goal of a policy is a stricter execution mode for JavaScript in order to prevent certain cross-site scripting attacks. In practice this means that a number of features are disabled by default: Inline JavaScript code [a] <script> blocks, [b] DOM event handlers as HTML attributes (e.g. onclick) The javascript: links; Inline CSS statements
In web security, cross-site tracing (abbreviated "XST") is a network security vulnerability exploiting the HTTP TRACE method. XST scripts exploit ActiveX , Flash , or any other controls that allow executing an HTTP TRACE request.
Do Not Track legislation protects Internet users' right to choose whether or not they want to be tracked by third-party websites. It has been called the online version of "Do Not Call". [1] This type of legislation is supported by privacy advocates and opposed by advertisers and services that use tracking information to personalize web content. [2]
Cross-site scripting (XSS) [a] is a type of security vulnerability that can be found in some web applications. XSS attacks enable attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A cross-site scripting vulnerability may be used by attackers to bypass access controls such as the same-origin policy.