Cleared your browser cookies? It won't stop ad company using Verizon tracking header

[Chiefcrowe]

http://www.itworld.com/article/2871...ad-company-using-verizon-tracking-header.html

 

[lxskllr]

Looks like only a vpn or Tor will protect from the tracking, and Tor isn't safe to login to unencrypted sites.

 

[Ketchup]

So tell me if I am reading this correctly: you can only get this while using the Verizon network, but certain syncing situations could mean it ends up on a pc. In which case, I wonder if software like superantispyware could take care of it.

 

[John Connor]

Many years ago I ran a proxy that filtered cookies. Vanilla wafers was the term. I wonder if you could do this for these cookies? As if the "cookieless cookie" wasn't enough. I have implemented safe guards against that.

 

[lxskllr]

So tell me if I am reading this correctly: you can only get this while using the Verizon network, but certain syncing situations could mean it ends up on a pc. In which case, I wonder if software like superantispyware could take care of it.

The "cookie" part is irrelevant. With Verizon injecting data into the stream, your id can be read by the site without cookies. Collusion between entities will build a profile of the user. The only way to stop it is to use an encrypted connection. Tor isn't a great daily driver, so that leaves vpns.

The troubling part, is it probably won't stop with Verizon. You can leave them, but most probably won't. It'll end up being another expense and hassle for the people that care. The rest will be silently screwed.

 

[bononos]

The "cookie" part is irrelevant. With Verizon injecting data into the stream, your id can be read by the site without cookies. Collusion between entities will build a profile of the user. The only way to stop it is to use an encrypted connection. Tor isn't a great daily driver, so that leaves vpns.

The troubling part, is it probably won't stop with Verizon. You can leave them, but most probably won't. It'll end up being another expense and hassle for the people that care. The rest will be silently screwed.

Yeah the cookie part is an analogy, what Verizon is doing is tagging a uid in the http request. Thats the sort of thing that should be outlawed but isn't for lack of knowledge among the public.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/30/verizon_uidh_super_cookie_killer

Hmm.. we shall see if they end up doing this!

 

[Chiefcrowe]

This site will tell you if you are being tracked by your carrier

http://amibeingtracked.com