Re: evercookies.

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On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:05:31 +0930
Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Allegedly, on or about 22 August 2016, William Mattison sent:
> > "evercookies"  


> As users, we get sick of cookies (and related shit), and disable them.
> The evil bastards decide that they will not obey and make it harder
> and harder to avoid these things.  Essentially, they are hacking our
> computers, and I'm of the mind that they should get jail time for
> that.
> 

So, this brought evercookies to my attention.  I noticed that even when
offline, there was a google cookie in my cookie directory, even though
google is not whitelisted.  So, I deleted it.  And, lo and behold, it
came back.  Like that old song, "The very next day, the cat came back,
'cause it couldn't stay away."

This makes me suspect that google is using something like an
evercookie.  I have self-destructing cookies plugin, delete lso cookies,
have html5 storage turned off, keep the cache cleared, and yet, there
it is, while I'm offline.

"Do no evil" indeed.
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