Lawsuit Hits Companies Using 'Zombie' Flash Cookies 140
A privacy activist has filed a lawsuit targeting eight corporate users of Quantcast's "zombie" Flash cookies, in addition to Quantcast itself. The suit alleges that MTV, ESPN, MySpace, Hulu, ABC, Scribd, and others used Quancast's Flash-based cookies to recreate browser tracking cookies that users had taken the trouble to delete. "At issue is technology from Quantcast, also targeted in the lawsuit. Quantcast created Flash cookies that track users across the web, and used them to re-create traditional browser cookies that users deleted from their computers. These 'zombie' cookies came to light last year, after researchers at UC Berkeley documented deleted browser cookies returning to life. Quantcast quickly fixed the issue, calling it an unintended consequence of trying to measure web traffic accurately. ... The lawsuit (PDF)... asks the court to find that the practice violated eavesdropping and hacking laws, and that the practice of secretly tracking users also violated state and federal fair trade laws. The lawsuit alleges a 'pattern of covert online surveillance' and seeks status as a class action lawsuit."
primo (Score:4, Funny)
I hate how Slashdot uses zombie flash cookies to try to keep from getting what the Italians call il primo post.
And here I thought I must have been drunk. (Score:2, Funny)
Zombie Flash Cookies (Score:3, Funny)
Zombie Flash Cookies. I'm sure they're bad for you, but you have to admit they sound like they'd be tasty.
Re:And here I thought I must have been drunk. (Score:3, Funny)
I have more bad news. It is a website now.
Re:And here I thought I must have been drunk. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:OS X can use this program to delete flash cooki (Score:4, Funny)
Winter Snowfall (Score:1, Funny)
Your father unzips
Hot semen blankets your face
Like winter snowfall
(now that's how you write a Haiku, you other anonymous coward retards)
Hello World, er Apple (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Save games (Score:1, Funny)
SuperDuperCrapCleaner has found potential malware on your computer: NTOSKRNL Delete? y/n $
$ y
$ System liberation successful
Re:Hello World, er Apple (Score:4, Funny)
It's now Wednesday, so yes.
Re:OS X can use this program to delete flash cooki (Score:3, Funny)
I think it would have been funnier if you had said "bash terminal".