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Advertisers get hands stuck inside HTML5 database cookie jar

• jamesbritt 16y ago
  One thing that truly irks me about mobile browsers is that there is no way (as far as I can tell) to trick them out with add-ons and Greasemonkey scripts to make them behave as you prefer. As a user I should be able to white- or black-list who can create databases on my mobile device, but so far this kind of control is not possible with the default browsers.
  • SpikeGronim 16y ago
    Even if you implemented these controls it wouldn't matter. The tracking software would use other information channels available intrinsically in HTTP to assign your browser a GUID.
    • jamesbritt 16y ago
      It's not as accurate and still subject to add-ons that munge HTTP headers.
• SpikeGronim 16y ago
  There are so many ways to coerce a GUID out of a browser: single pixel images, cache headers[1], etc. It's not feasible to implement disclosure control[2] retroactively in web standards. 1. http://sourcefrog.net/projects/meantime/ http://sourcefrog.net/projects/meantime/ 2. http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/privacy/sweeney-thesis-draft.pdf http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/priva...