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Browser Privacy Test

Posted by samzenpus on from the which-one-works-best-in-a-frozen-home dept.

lazyforker writes "A NYTimes blog post reports the results of security researcher Kate McKinley's tests of various browsers' (FireFox, Chrome, IE, Safari) privacy protection mechanisms. Specifically she tested their cookie handling. She also examined their handling of Flash's cookies. In summary: Safari on Mac OS X (in the 'private browsing' mode) is not so private ('quirky'). Safari on XP is not private at all. Flash behaves awfully everywhere."

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  1. One word by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Flash behaves awfully everywhere

    FlashBlock

    NoScript works too but I find it sort of annoying because it stops half the web from working.