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[ NNSquad ] EFF Research in Web user tracking via Browser info strings
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:39:24 -0800
From: Mark Boolootian <booloo@ucsc.edu>
Subject: Re: EFF Research in Web user tracking via Browser info
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:44:39 -0500
>From: Craig E Wills <cew@WPI.EDU>
Subject: Web privacy and whattheyknow about you
As part of a project investigating privacy and tracking of user
activity on the Web, a student, Mihajlo Zeljkovic, and myself have put
together a Web site that detects sites that your browser has visited.
The site then shows you how your browsing habits are tracked by
third-party sites for advertising purposes along with information such
as location, age and gender that is inferred about you by these advertisers.
In addition to showing you results, it asks for feedback on tools you
may use to prevent third-party sites from learning about your browsing
behavior.
The site does not store any information such as cookies or IP address
that could identify you. By participating you will not only be able to
see your results, but aggregate results of others who have participated.
It's easy to use and you just might learn something! Please go to the
site:
http://whattheyknow.cs.wpi.edu/
and click the button to "Find out What They Know". If you find it
interesting please recommend it to others to try.
- Craig Wills
WPI Computer Science
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