+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | On the Web, Children Face Intensive Tracking | | from the sniffing-out-the-jailbait dept. | | posted by timothy on Sunday September 19, @18:04 (Google) | | https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/19/2042201/On-the-Web-Children-Face-Intensive-Trackin| +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
theodp writes "In the latest installment of their online privacy investigation, the Wall Street Journal reports that [0]children face intensive tracking on the web, finding that that popular children's websites install more tracking technologies on personal computers than do the top websites aimed at adults. In an analysis of 50 sites popular with U.S. teens and children, the WSJ found that Google — whose execs recently [1]lectured parents on online child safety — placed the most tracking files overall." Discuss this story at: http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/19/2042201 Links: 0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703904304575497903523187146.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird 1. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/announcing-our-new-family-safety-center.html ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
