Zombie Cookie: The Tracking Cookie That You Can’t Kill
An online ad company called Turn is using tracking cookies that come back to life after Verizon users have deleted them. Turn’s services are used by everyone from Google to Facebook.
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Lightbeam for Firefox: find out who’s tracking you online
Mozilla has released a free tool called Lightbeam, which helps users of the Firefox browser identify third-party companies tracking their online behavior. The browser add-on is aimed at a mainstream audience and produces a real-time visualisation of all tracking information deposited in the form of cookies on your computer while you browse the internet.
Mozilla’s Cookie-Blocking Plan Forces Ad Biz to Seek Alternatives
The Digital Advertising Alliance wants to be ready when Mozilla starts blocking cookies by default in its Firefox Web browser. Mozilla’s cookie-blocking plan has been controversial from the start.
The Vortex – Game
Vortex empowers you to change how you are identified by networks.
Vortex is a data management game that allows players to swap cookies, change IPs and disguise their locations. Through play, individuals experience how their browser changes in real time when different cookies are equipped. Vortex illustrates how network collisions in gameplay expose contours of a network determined by consumer behavior.
MediaPost Publications IAB asks Mozilla to rethink ‘Kangaroo Cookie Court’
Mozilla joined forces with Stanford to launch the Cookie Clearinghouse — a project aimed at helping browser manufacturers block third-party cookies.
“Kangaroo Cookie Court,” will replace “the principle of consumer choice with an arrogant ‘Mozilla knows best’ system”, said Randall Rothenberg – president and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau – in response to the initiative.
Ashkan Soltani
Ashkan Soltani is an independent researcher and consultant focused on privacy, security, and behavioral economics. His work draws attention to privacy problems online, demystifies technology for the non-technically inclined, and provides data-driven insights to help inform policy.
Know Privacy
Online privacy and behavioral profiling are of growing concern among both consumers and government officials. In this report, we examine both the data handling practices of popular websites and the concerns of consumers in an effort to identify problematic practices. We conclude by offering potential solutions to realign privacy practices with consumers‘ expectations.
Lightbeam for Firefox
Lightbeam is a Firefox add-on that uses interactive visualizations to show you the first and third party sites you interact with on the Web.
Here is the weapon against internet cookies: Shoot The Cookies
SHOOT THE COOKIES is an extension that allows you to destroy all the cookies that spy on you with one simple click.
What they know
The Wall Street Journal’s documents the new, cutting-edge uses of Internet-tracking technology. The Journal analyzed the tracking files installed on people’s computers by the 50 most popular U.S. websites, plus WSJ.com. The Journal also built an “exposure index” to determine the degree to which each site exposes visitors to monitoring.
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