We have covered Phorm before at Ghacks. It is a very scary cooperation between several Internet Service Providers and advertising companies. The Internet Service Providers install tracking cookies on user systems and create a unique profile for each user which is then used by the advertising agencies to display targeted advertisement to the user. Especially [...]
Firephorm - the anti-phorm Firefox extension
Posted by Martin in Browsing, Security, firefox TAGS in Browsing, Security, firefox14
Oct
Why you should restrict Cookie Access
Posted by Martin in Browsing, firefox, ie, opera TAGS in Browsing, firefox, ie, opera24
Jun
Cookies, or more precisely HTTP cookies, are small text files that are stored on a users computer when he visits a website that is making use of them. They can store session information, shopping cart contents, website preferences, can be used for authentication and for tracking the user.
The first applications are beneficial and most of [...]
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