Adding Tracking Protection List in IE

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∟Adding Tracking Protection List in IE

This section provides a tutorial example on how to add a tracking protection list and view its list of blocked websites in IE (Internet Explorer).

The forth group of IE (Internet Explorer) add-ons is called "Tracking Protection" lists, which allows you block Websites that tracks your browsing history.

Each tracking protection list contains a list of Web addresses of known tracking tools that you want IE to block them.

First, let's add a tracking protection list prepared by Microsoft.

1. Run IE and go to: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Browser/p3p/Default.html. You will see the "Tracking Protection Lists" Web page.

2. Click the "Block third-party Google site tracking" box near the bottom to add this tracking protection list. You will see a confirmation dialog box with the following message:

Add a Tracking Protection List

Tracking Protection helps you protect your privacy by filtering out
some website content. Internet Explorer checks the list updates once
a week.

3. Click the "Add List" button to let IE add the tracking protection list.

4. Click "Tools > Manage add-ons" menu. And click the "Tracking Protection" icon on the left. You will see all tracking protection lists currently used in IE.

5. Double click on "Block third-party Google site tracking". You will see the list of web address blocked by this list.

Name: Block third-party Google site tracking
Address: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Browser/p3p/google.txt

File:
msFilterList
: Expires=1
# Blocks 3rd-party Google tracking
# Last Modified: 11/07/2013
#
-d news.google.com
-d youtube.com
- apis.google.com/*plusone*
-d plus.google.com
-d googleadservices.com
-d googletagservices.com
-d googlesyndication.com
-d googleadservices.com
-d google-analytics.com
-d doubleclick.net
-d doubleclick.com
...

This list will definitely make Google unhappy. It will block Google ads on all websites. Try to visit youtube.com. You a large white space instead of Google ads at the top of the page.