full-disclosure - Re: Verisign fighting back at ICANN

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From: prussell at nd.edu (Paul Russell)
Subject: Re: Verisign fighting back at ICANN

On 5 Oct 2003, Alastair Scott <alastair@...brix.org.uk> wrote:

 >> "By visiting http://www.internetprivacyadvocate.org,
...
 >Hmmm ... the first step would seem to be not to visit the site. It sets two
 >cookies (from internetprivacyadvocate.org and stats.superstat.com)
...

Or, configure your browser to reject cookies.

Or, make your cookies file read-only. Your browser will happily accept the
cookie, but will be unable to save it. Voila! A session cookie.

This will not prevent sites from tracking your Internet activities any more
than a deadbolt on your front door will prevent a burglar from breaking a
window to enter your home, but it will prevent them from storing long-term
cookies on your computer. They will simply find another way. Does anyone
doubt that there is already at least one database built from web server
access logs?

--
Paul Russell