Interesting concept.. one that Google certainly wouldn't implement in Chrome because of their ad-based revenue model. But I could entirely see a little privacy

Interesting concept.. one that Google certainly wouldn't implement in Chrome because of their ad-based revenue model. But I could entirely see a little privacy "eye" icon in the URL bar of Firefox, similar to the padlock icon we have now for HTTPS/certificates. The eye could turn red and display text for the site you are visiting based on analytics, beacons, web bugs, and so on. Or how about major social media sites have their icons placed in the URL bar if they have trackers / social media widgets on the current page. This way, it is made explicitly clear to the user that "{Insert social platform here} is tracking you on this page, even while you are logged out, don't have an account, ..." The difficulty with having the browsers force the standard is getting Google Chrome on board, since they have so many users.