If you thought refusing HTTP cookies prevented tracking, think again. Web site developers have found a way.
Web site hosts and advertisers do not like relying on HTTP cookies, as users have now figured out how to avoid them.
According to security expert Bruce Schneier, Web site developers now have a better way. It's still considered a cookie, yet it's different.
Local Shared Object (LSO) or Flash cookie, like the HTTP cookie, is a way of storing information about us and tracking our movement around the Internet.
Web site hosts and advertisers do not like relying on HTTP cookies, as users have now figured out how to avoid them.
According to security expert Bruce Schneier, Web site developers now have a better way. It's still considered a cookie, yet it's different.
Local Shared Object (LSO) or Flash cookie, like the HTTP cookie, is a way of storing information about us and tracking our movement around the Internet.
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