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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. Or use Ghostery by DeHackEd · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ghostery is another Firefox add-on that does much the same, except also supports blocking the cookies.

  2. How is this legal? by ArgumentBoy · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Seriously - how is this legal? People can't wiretap me without a warrant, they can't look into the windows of my house, and they can't read my (paper) mail. I don't accept a EULA for web sites and no one owns the internet. Why isn't this hacking?