Research To "Reveal the Unseen World of Cookies" 108
An anonymous reader writes "The Guardian newspaper has teamed up with Mozilla to research the monitoring of online behavior through cookies and other web trackers. After downloading the Collusion add-on for Firefox, you can generate a visual representation of all the cookies that have been downloaded which are linked to the sites you have visited. This shows quite an interesting picture. The Guardian staff then want the data from Collusion to be uploaded to their site, after which they say 'we can build up a picture of this unseen world. When we've found the biggest players, we'll start tracking them back — finding out what data are they monitoring, and why.'"
Pot kettle spy. (Score:5, Insightful)
we'll start tracking them back — finding out what data are they monitoring, and why.
Well, here's my contribution;
The Guardian page in the link has six trackers:
24/7 Real Media
Audience Science
ForeSee
Maxymiser
Optimizely
Quantcast
I don't know what any of them do, and I blocked them all. Fuck 'em.
Re:Great Idea (Score:2, Insightful)
Who goes on the internet to BUY porn?!
Re:Great Idea (Score:4, Insightful)
You mean those ads which are displayed on all browsers and are in no way tied or targeted to Chrome?
Either you're a troll or that was a bad joke.
It's interesting to me how someone joking around is considered a 'troll' to you. You are what is wrong with /. these days. 'Troll' is the new 'I disagree with you'.
Did he REALLY evoke an emotional response from you by saying what he said? Did it truly upset you to the point where you were incensed and bitter over his words? If so, then maybe he is, indeed, a troll. Otherwise, shut up.