On the Web, Children Face Intensive Tracking

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 19, 2010 @10:04AM from the sniffing-out-the-jailbait dept.

theodp writes "In the latest installment of their online privacy investigation, the Wall Street Journal reports that children face intensive tracking on the web, finding that popular children's websites install more tracking technologies on personal computers than do the top websites aimed at adults. In an analysis of 50 sites popular with US teens and children, the WSJ found that Google — whose execs recently lectured parents on online child safety — placed the most tracking files overall."

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Think of the children! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-09-19 10:16 · Score: 0, Funny

FAP FAP FAP...
Re:This is not about protecting Kids ITS SOCIALISM by Anonymous Coward · 2010-09-19 10:40 · Score: 1, Funny

Stand back, everyone! We have an angry white man on the loose!
Uber Users @ Google Track Kids? by BoRegardless · 2010-09-19 11:15 · Score: 2, Funny

I thought only one weirdo did that at Google and he was fired last week.
Re:Advertising? by ndege · 2010-09-19 14:42 · Score: 3, Funny

;) Lady Java

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