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A Web Site Mysteriously Knows Who I Am & Details About My Last Visit. Scary!
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<blockquote data-quote="macgig" data-source="post: 1836393" data-attributes="member: 16298"><p>all websites track us. facebook tracks us even if we are on other sites, even if we don't have a facebook account! Its not just cookies that track us, its far more complicated and sneaky than I ever realized... see the list below how we are tracked... using the private incognito window does little to prevent it from what I understand... (you can delete Java, flash, and Silverlight to get rid of 3 things used to track us)... </p><p></p><p>check this site out: <a href="https://panopticlick.eff.org/" target="_blank">https://panopticlick.eff.org</a>/</p><p></p><p>Methods used to track us online: </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">IP address </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3rd party connections </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">http referrer </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">cookies </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">scripts </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">super cookies </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">mobile tracking headers </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">browser fingerprinting </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">canvas fingerprinting </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">browser volunteered information </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">browser functionality </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">java </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">javascript (disabling this causes many websites not to work). </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">microsoft silverlight </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">flash </li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="macgig, post: 1836393, member: 16298"] all websites track us. facebook tracks us even if we are on other sites, even if we don't have a facebook account! Its not just cookies that track us, its far more complicated and sneaky than I ever realized... see the list below how we are tracked... using the private incognito window does little to prevent it from what I understand... (you can delete Java, flash, and Silverlight to get rid of 3 things used to track us)... check this site out: [URL="https://panopticlick.eff.org/"]https://panopticlick.eff.org[/URL]/ Methods used to track us online: [LIST] [*]IP address [*]3rd party connections [*]http referrer [*]cookies [*]scripts [*]super cookies [*]mobile tracking headers [*]browser fingerprinting [*]canvas fingerprinting [*]browser volunteered information [*]browser functionality [*]java [*]javascript (disabling this causes many websites not to work). [*]microsoft silverlight [*]flash [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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