Enhancement to consider

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"To hide yourself: Install Google Analytics opt-out extension and Yandex opt-out add-on. We do not track users across third-party websites to provide targeted advertising. If you have enabled “Do Not Track” option when accessing Adguard websites, no tools from Analytics & Metrics will be used."

Specifically: "If you have enabled “Do Not Track” option when accessing Adguard websites, no tools from Analytics & Metrics will be used."

While "Do Not Track" is, as is stated, respected by all Adguard websites, it may be good to add that the "Do Not Track" setting is not respected by (x)^n websites.

Note: I've used the equation in place of any precise number, estimate, or outright guess, as to the number of websites which ignore the "Do Not Track" setting is numerically impossible to state with certainty, so, quite obviously, a descriptive legal phrase would have to be used in its place.

Furthermore, and this is extremely important from a privacy perspective, using the "Do Not Track" setting identifies you as much or, quite likely, more so than not using it, as it screams "I use 'Do Not Track'". This turns "Do Not Track" into a tool for tracking you, how it does this would be too space consuming to list, however for reference see "Do Not Track" information from both Mozilla and the TOR Project. The most simplistic way of doing so is purely mathematical as the ratio of people not using "Do Not Track" is still far higher than those who do use it. More details may be had via the organizations previously mentioned.

Thank-you for taking the time to read this enhancement request to the privacy policy for Adguard's websites. I realize I'll likely be the only end-user to comment here and that no comments were even expected or possibly even wanted.

Sincerely,
github.com/X8716e

[Dariamag]

Hi, @X8716e
Thank you for your enhancement, we will think it over. We have transferred our Privacy policy to GitHub just for that purpose of transparency and user feedback. And really appreciate any comments :)

however for reference see "Do Not Track" information from both Mozilla and the TOR Project.

Could you please specify where can we find this information?

[ghost]

Mozilla references https://allaboutdnt.com which contains the most up-to-date information related to this issue. Statistics from one major tracking company available on said site reveal the % of users who actually implement the DNT header. You'll see it's so very tiny that using it "says" i.e. reveals more about you than not using it. TOR as used by TAILS - a Linux OS based on Debian Stable that runs either in RAM alone or using persistence, both via an image installed to a flash drive - goes further in depth on this issue though fingerprinting avoidance as referenced in this issue AdguardTeam/AdguardForiOS#476 which isn't relative to a simple DNS header within the scope of any revisions to Aguard's privacy policy.

I hope this helps.

[Dariamag]

@X8716e
Thanks for the link!
We do understand your concern, but privacy policy is not Wikipedia to highlight advantages and disadvantages of all privacy-related approaches. It just states our policy regarding our websites/products.

However, we could link the source that elaborates on these concerns. Maybe you have any such links for reference?

[ghost]

http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SPW2015/W2SP/papers/W2SP_2015_submission_32.pdf

There's an additional source of information. The conclusion is telling. I'll continue when I've more time. Thanks.

[ghost]

https://www.abine.com/blog/2012/do-not-track-means-do-not-target/

https://www.howtogeek.com/126705/why-enabling-do-not-track-doesnt-stop-you-from-being-tracked/#menu

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2014/05/why-a-do-not-track-flag-cannot-possibly-work/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/dnt/

https://www.informationweek.com/desktop/why-do-not-track-still-doesnt-cut-it/d/d-id/1102998

http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-do-not-track-is-worse-than-a-miserable-failure/

https://www.iab.com/news/why-do-not-track-will-not-work/

https://www.itworld.com/article/2832653/security/why--do-not-track--doesn-t-change-much-about-web-privacy.html

http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~cew/papers/w2sp11.pdf

I hope this helps...

[ghost]

@Dariamag , Even Apple has now depreciated their language. Instead of "Do Not Track" it is now "Ask Websites Not To Track", which is a welcomed improvement.

[ghost]

'Do Not Track,' the Privacy Tool Used by Millions of People, Doesn't Do Anything

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https://help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security/twitter-do-not-track