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Title: Internet Explorer 9 Tracking Protection: How It Works
Post by: javajolt on February 14, 2011, 12:52:42 AM

How Tracking Protection works

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Here’s a simplified example of Tracking Protection at work, with a page that includes an advertisement and a tracking pixel from two third-party sites.
 
Because xyz-ads.com is on the Block list, no request is sent to its server and the space where the ad should go remains blank. But abc-analytics is on an Allow list, so that request goes through.

Adding a new Tracking Protection List requires your permission

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When you click a link to install a Tracking Protection List, a snippet of JavaScript displays this dialog box. If you click Add List, the list is installed for immediate use by IE9.

Managing Tracking Protection Lists

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You can install multiple Tracking Protection lists. From the Manage Add-ons dialog box, you can enable or disable any installed list at any time. You can also  inspect the contents of any Tracking Protection List, copy it to the Clipboard, or remove the list completely.

Inside a Tracking Protection List

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When you select a TPL and click the More Information link, you see the contents of the installed list in this dialog box. Click Copy if you want to paste the contents of the list into a text editor for a more detailed examination or to modify for your own use. 

Where TPLs are stored

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For more details on how Tracking Protection works, see IE9 and Tracking Protection: Microsoft disrupts the online ad business (http://www.windows7newsinfo.com/smf/index.php/topic,15148.0.html).

source:zdnet