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Title: How to turn off website tracking in Safari for macOS High Sierra
Post by: HCK on July 18, 2017, 04:05:14 pm
How to turn off website tracking in Safari for macOS High Sierra

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<p>Ever do something on the web, like shop for shoes, and then notice that every other website you visit has ads for shoes? That’s the result of website tracking. It’s a little creepy, the idea that you’re essentially being followed on the web, targeted with advertising. (And yes, Macworld.com is guilty as charged.)</p><p>Apple’s Safari uses WebKit (https://webkit.org) as its engine to present websites through a browser window. WebKit has features to reduce the amount of tracking a site does, and the latest feature is called Intelligent Tracking Prevention (https://webkit.org/blog/7675/intelligent-tracking-prevention/). ITP cuts down on the ability of a site to do cross-site tracking, which leads to the experience I mentioned above.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3208026/browsers/how-to-turn-off-website-tracking-in-safari-for-macos-high-sierra.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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