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New Phones! Now With More Personal ID!

Andrew Selbst March 20, 2012 1:34 pm 0Comments

Just in case anyone had trouble making the argument that our cell phones are actually personally identifying despite our ability to leave them at home, it looks like we might…

Is my Mac laptop sharing my location?

Cathy Dwyer November 23, 2011 9:30 am 0Comments

Is my Mac laptop using cell tower information to calculate and transmit my location to third parties? I believe the answer is yes. Here is my evidence. I cleared recent…

HTML5 and Mobile Tracking

JScott October 21, 2010 12:03 am 0Comments

From Ars Technica Article: "A New York-based mobile-web advertising company was hit Wednesday with a proposed class action lawsuit over its use of an HTML5 trick to track iPhone and…

A proof-of-concept nearly irrevocable cookie

finnb September 29, 2010 3:27 pm 0Comments

The always-fascinating Samy Kamkar has produced a super-tenacious cookie designed to "identify a client even after they've removed standard cookies, Flash cookies (Local Shared Objects or LSOs), and others." Indeed:…

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