On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 09:03:02AM -0700, stan wrote: > 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. Firefox is doing this. You have to disable the spyware called "safe browsing" to get rid of it. And yes, it has been exploited by intelligence agencies around the world and may submit every single URL you visit to google if they want it. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=368255 Richard -- Name and OpenPGP keys available from pgp key servers -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
