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My guess is that the "entrepreneurial" solution here would be a combination of: - A browser that doesn't support cookies and provides the server with a client controlled session-id (perhaps a user-id also). - Only uses SSL sessions to avoid middle-box injection of HTML headers (this still leaves the provider with the ability to inject data as IP options / TCP headers). - A micropayment solution that allows content providers to get revenue from content rather than ads.

Anyone working on the later ?

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| A micropayment solution that allows content providers to get revenue from content rather than ads.

Even if this were popular, you'd still be tracked because it makes money. Really, so few people care about this deeply I don't think it will be solved. Sure, everyone hates it, but no one will switch carriers over it.

> A browser that doesn't support cookies

We are working on a browser (https://gngr.info) that supports cookies but doesn't enable them by default for all websites. We also don't enable JavaScript by default. User needs to enable these on a per-site basis. Enabling for all sites at once is also possible if the user so wishes.

In the near future, we also want to support https only sessions (opt-in to begin with and opt-out once https becomes more commonly deployed).

About micropayments, there are many. Flattr comes to mind. But I am sure there are more.

Why was this downvoted? It seems like a productive contribution to the conversation—in fact, it's a direct response to another user's question. I can imagine plenty of technical objections, but it seems that they should be made via responses, not downvotes.

I think Aviator doesn't support cookies, among other privacy features:

https://www.whitehatsec.com/aviator/

EFF is working on a "HTTP Nowhere" option for HTTPS Everywhere, which only allows HTTPS connections. On Firefox there already is an HTTP Nowhere addon from someone else.

But as others have said, it's probably easier to just use Tor.

https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/

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