Not how you _wanted_ to cast it. Much like in any voting system, once you cast your vote, you can't go back and change your mind. Why should computerized voting be any different? At least with a paper ballot, there is a _paper_ trail!
That's how I'd imagine that "feature" or "security hole" would work. Imagine what would happen if one of these beacon sites were subjected to code injection to steal those cookies which are now publicly available. There enough information on there to do much more than conventional identity theft (stealing credit cards, SSN, etc), you could impersonate someone's entire life. Maybe someone should try that and see how popular Facebook and their violation of privacy is after that!
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Not how you _wanted_ to cast it. Much like in any voting system, once you cast your vote, you can't go back and change your mind. Why should computerized voting be any different? At least with a paper ballot, there is a _paper_ trail!
They're http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/03/0457206buying our Inter-blags, why not our TV and our newspapers too?
That's how I'd imagine that "feature" or "security hole" would work. Imagine what would happen if one of these beacon sites were subjected to code injection to steal those cookies which are now publicly available. There enough information on there to do much more than conventional identity theft (stealing credit cards, SSN, etc), you could impersonate someone's entire life. Maybe someone should try that and see how popular Facebook and their violation of privacy is after that!