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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. Lol I can haz [citation needed] by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The epic 2009 raid on Wikipedia has began!

    Vandalize admin talk pages until they are all protected!

    1. Re:Lol I can haz [citation needed] by PitaBred · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      ...why?

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  2. Re:Me know how to handle cookie! by Kooty-Sentinel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Posting to fix wrong mod. Sorry :(

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  3. mod IUp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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