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Visualizing Behavior-Tracking Cookies With Firefox

Posted by Soulskill on from the dangerous-webs-we-weave dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Using Firefox, and a new (open source) add-on called Collusion, you can see for yourself just how extensive the third-party behavior-tracking system is. Simply leave the Collusion website open, browse the web for a bit, and then return to see that your favorite websites are letting at least four or five behavior tracking companies follow you around the web."

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  1. Big deal, you think? by arisvega · · Score: 3, Informative

    Then use Adblock Plus, NoScript, header spoof and allow session-only cookies from specific sites only. Apart from IP profiling, there is not much mainstream techniques one of said sites can use for tracking.

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  2. Re:Google Analytics by cgeys · · Score: 1, Informative

    Their terms of services allow for this, yes.