4 ms·
The article's title is clearly linkbait. The gist of the article is that mobile safari is open to Evercookies. I wouldn't call the directly "sucking" at priva
by allwein 16y ago
The article's title is clearly linkbait. The gist of the article is that mobile safari is open to Evercookies. I wouldn't call the directly "sucking" at privacy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercookie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercookie
There are ways of tracking users even in browsers that don't suffer from Evercookie. If someone really wants to track you, they're going to be able to.
- tony_red 16y agoThe problem is that iPad does not clear your private information even if you insist on doing so. It is possible to prevent tracking just by using simple technics and by following general rules. Check out this link too: http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/apple-location-tracking.html http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/apple-location-tracking.htm...
- allwein 16y agoUnless your simple techniques and general rules include disabling cookies, disabling javascript, disabling images, changing your IP between requests, changing your MAC between requests, and changing your User Agent between requests, you're still going to be trackable by anyone intent on doing so.
- tony_red 16y agoEverything that you've described actually helps to track users better, because it contains a unique set of information. The simple technique is to be like everybody.