On Tuesday 04 December 2018 at 12:09:42, Andres Suarez wrote: > It's just becoming more open and cynic. My cellphone is already turning > my private OFFLINE conversations into ad-topics.
More detail / explanation please? Antony. > The thing is, in this times (and what follows) there's some people who > can do something for self-defence, and many others who can't and/or > will never acknowledge what is happening. > > > For your reading pleasure: > > > > https://www.eff.org/the-end-of-trust > > > > Most of it is familiar but I did discover something that I didn't > > know. > > Tucked away in the sidebar on page 226 is this interesting factoid: > > > > "The website freedom-to-tinker.com, hosted by Princeton’s > > Center for Information Technology Policy, published a study > > highlighting a particularly invasive data-mining software > > called “session replay scripts” that are being used by an > > increasing number of websites. According to the study, session > > replay scripts “record your keystrokes, mouse movements, > > and scrolling behavior, along with the entire contents of the > > pages you visit.” Unlike most third-party analytics services, > > which provide aggregate statistics of your searches and the > > pages you visit, session replay scripts actually record your > > individual browsing session in its entirety, “as if someone is > > looking over your shoulder”. > > > > The study lists tens of thousands of websites that were > > either found recording users’ browsing sessions or have the > > capability to do so. Among the big-name sites are xfinity.com, > > windows.com, texas.gov, petco.com, and fandango.com. The > > following sites were also found on that list." > > —Landon Bates > > > > Here are links to the study and full list: > > > > https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/11/15/no-boundaries-exfiltration-o > > f-personal-data-by-session-replay-scripts/ > > > > https://webtransparency.cs.princeton.edu/no_boundaries/session_replay > > _sites.html > > > > It just keeps getting worse and worse . . . > > > > golinux -- If I needed my own advice, I wouldn't give it to others. Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng