jdh
April 21st, 2007, 01:12 AM
04/20/07 Ad networks tracking users without cookies
http://www.cgisecurity.com/2007/04/10
Article does not seem to say how widespread this is.
Can defeat it by disabling JavaScript.
Personally, I have JavaScript disabled by default (FF NoScript add on) and cookies enabled by default since enabling cookies (whitelisting sites) is too much of a bother for me. Probably I should change my FF settings to erase all cookies when FF closes, but I haven't bothered with it yet.
DH
http://www.cgisecurity.com/2007/04/10
Article does not seem to say how widespread this is.
Can defeat it by disabling JavaScript.
Personally, I have JavaScript disabled by default (FF NoScript add on) and cookies enabled by default since enabling cookies (whitelisting sites) is too much of a bother for me. Probably I should change my FF settings to erase all cookies when FF closes, but I haven't bothered with it yet.
DH