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   Anonymous
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   http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2154875/google-changes-tack-do-track

   Google has reversed its policy on "do not track" (DNT) for its browser Chrome and will include the feature by the end of the year.
   Most other popular browsers already offer DNT.
   Mozilla's Firefox was the first major browser to add DNT in February 2011, quickly followed by Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9.
   Apple's Safari has the feature
   Opera's eponymous browser doesn't support DNT, but an as-yet unreleased new build of the software does.

   http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2153781/google-fixes-seven-security-flaws-chrome

   http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2157017/mozilla-adds-tracking-graph-tool-firefox

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   http://www.ghacks.net/2012/03/18/google-chrome-reveals-extensions-to-websites/

   Ideally, sites that I do not have an account with should know nothing about me. The Polish security researcher Krzysztof Kotowicz discovered a possibility to fingerprint Chrome add-ons with a few lines of JavaScript code.
   This has two implications. First a privacy one, as websites can use the information for a variety of purposes. They can for instance test if an adblocker is installed, or social networking, shopping or pregnancy extensions. Security is the other one. Malicious websites could check if add-ons with known vulnerabilities are installed that are no longer maintained by the author.

   Posted 12 years ago #

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