Browsing in privacy mode? Super Cookies can track you anyway
(Ars):
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/01/browsing-in-privacy-mode-super-cookies-can-track-you-anyway/
For years, Chrome, Firefox, and virtually all other browsers have
offered a setting that doesn't save or refer to website cookies,
browsing history, or temporary files. Privacy-conscious people rely on
it to help cloak their identities and prevent websites from tracking
their previous steps. Now, a software consultant has devised a simple
way websites can bypass these privacy modes unless users take special
care. Ironically, the chink that allows websites to uniquely track
people's incognito browsing is a much-needed and relatively new
security mechanism known as HTTP Strict Transport Security.
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
I am a consultant to Google -- I speak only for myself, not for them.
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