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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. Re:My Privacy Test by Dishevel · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am kind of hoping his best friends wife is a midget. Or maybe just watch his best friends wife doing a midget.

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