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Tracking Users Via the Browser's Cache

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-just-cookies dept.

Mukund writes to point us to an article he has written about a method of tracking using the browser cache instead of cookies. A demonstration shows that tracking can remain continuous if you clear only cookies or only the cache, but not both. (Firefox's Clear Private Data tool can be set to clear both when closing the browser.)

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  1. Re:Serious question by WilliamSChips · · Score: 1, Funny

    Very rarely. Usually when installing an extension.

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  2. Re:Pretty clever.. by MarkRose · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well if anyone tosses their cookies in my java, I, for one, am sure not going to drink it!

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  3. Re:Requires Javascript to work. by misleb · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's OK because the browsing habits of the type of people who turn off Javascript are not particularly interesting anyway. So it all works out.

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  4. Re:Pretty clever.. by userlappy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Even chocolate chip?

    You're missing out!