Sunday, August 21, 2011

Microsoft disables 'supercookies' used on MSN.com visitors

Microsoft said it has disabled an online tracking technology that, according to a Stanford University researcher, allowed the company to sneakily track users on MSN.com -- even after they deleted their browser cookies and other identifiers. In an emailed comment Thursday, Mike Hintze, Microsoft's associate general counsel, said the company took "immediate action" when it learned about the presence of so-called "supercookies" on its networks from Stanford University researcher Jonathan Mayer.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/microsoft-disables-supercookies-used-msncom-visitors-170360

Filesharing Microsoft .NET framework Firefox iphone 4 Flickr ARM architecture

No comments:

Post a Comment