<s>
Lightbeam	B-Operating_System
(	O
called	O
Collusion	B-Operating_System
in	O
its	O
experimental	O
version	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
add-on	B-Operating_System
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
that	O
displays	O
third	O
party	O
tracking	O
cookies	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
while	O
visiting	O
various	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
installed	O
and	O
enabled	O
,	O
Lightbeam	B-Operating_System
records	O
all	O
tracking	O
cookies	O
saved	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
through	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
browser	I-Application
by	O
the	O
various	O
sites	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
visits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
any	O
time	O
during	O
a	O
browsing	O
session	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
open	O
a	O
separate	O
tab	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
Show	O
Lightbeam	B-Operating_System
"	O
option	O
of	O
Tools	O
,	O
to	O
display	O
a	O
graph	O
of	O
sites	O
visited	O
and	O
cookies	O
placed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lightbeam	B-Operating_System
will	O
also	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
see	O
which	O
advertisers	O
or	O
other	O
third	O
parties	O
are	O
connected	O
to	O
which	O
cookies	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
can	O
develop	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
browsing	O
from	O
site	O
to	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
emphasizes	O
that	O
it	O
displays	O
its	O
data	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
,	O
all	O
data	O
collected	O
by	O
Lightbeam	B-Operating_System
is	O
stored	O
locally	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
not	O
shared	O
with	O
anyone	O
,	O
unless	O
the	O
user	O
intentionally	O
exports	O
the	O
data	O
and	O
shares	O
it	O
manually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gary	O
Kovacs	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
,	O
presented	O
Collusion	B-Operating_System
in	O
a	O
TED	O
talk	O
(	O
Technology	O
,	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
Design	O
)	O
in	O
early	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Collusion	B-Operating_System
will	O
allow	O
us	O
to	O
pull	O
back	O
the	O
curtain	O
and	O
provide	O
users	O
with	O
more	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
growing	O
role	O
of	O
third	O
parties	O
,	O
how	O
data	O
drives	O
most	O
Web	O
experiences	O
,	O
and	O
ultimately	O
how	O
little	O
control	O
we	O
have	O
over	O
that	O
experience	O
and	O
our	O
loss	O
of	O
data.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Kovacs	O
wrote	O
in	O
a	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
blog	O
post	O
about	O
the	O
TED	O
talk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
ExtremeTech	O
,	O
Sebastian	O
Anthony	O
found	O
the	O
tracking	O
connections	O
revealed	O
by	O
Collusion	B-Operating_System
to	O
be	O
"	O
quite	O
astonishing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
say	O
that	O
:	O
"	O
Now	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
either	O
use	O
Collusion	B-Operating_System
to	O
shock	O
and	O
appall	O
yourself	O
,	O
or	O
you	O
can	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
show	O
friends	O
and	O
family	O
just	O
how	O
rampant	O
behavioral	O
tracking	O
is	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Ms	O
Smith	O
"	O
finds	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
Collusion	B-Operating_System
to	O
be	O
"	O
jaw	O
dropping	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stephen	O
C	O
.	O
Webster	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
The	O
Raw	O
Story	O
wrote	O
of	O
the	O
information	O
provided	O
by	O
Collusion	B-Operating_System
:	O
"	O
While	O
it	O
does	O
n’t	O
sound	O
all	O
that	O
creepy	O
,	O
just	O
wait	O
until	O
you	O
see	O
your	O
own	O
graph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collusion	B-Operating_System
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Atul	O
Varma	O
,	O
a	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
engineer	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
adopted	O
as	O
a	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
project	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
had	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
continuing	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Collusion	B-Operating_System
with	O
support	O
from	O
the	O
Ford	O
Foundation	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
beginning	O
in	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
they	O
ended	O
official	O
support	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
built	O
in	O
Enhanced	O
Tracking	O
Protection	O
in	O
Firefox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
