Stanford researcher found that Microsoft uses persistent tracking cookies on its websites that refuses to be erased. The company apologized and corrected
Microsoft stops use cookies on a special "How many, that stated the company after criticism of her. According to research conducted at Stanford University, Microsoft used the so-called "super cookie" - a recognition surf continues to run after the user performs a delete of the Kokiz' saved his browser, and helps partners monitor advertising activity. 'Such Kokiz' not rely on the normal mechanism of the browser. Some facts through flash technology, and are stored in one of the supplements, and some technology called eTags. Mike Hintz, a senior consultant at Microsoft, said that when the company learned about the presence Super Cookie "it worked immediately. "We discovered that Kuki behaves in certain circumstances, as a result of old code used our website and in any case was to be replaced soon," he explained, and assured that at no stage did not cause operation of the 'Cookie' to identify sites outside of Microsoft, even though Jonathan Meyer, Stanford research editor, claimed that Microsoft had the ability to easily jump task surfers as well as on the advertising agency of Atlas Network. According to Meyer, the sites that use 'Super Cookie' in msn.com and live.com Microsoft, as well as the popular video site Hulu. "Behavior clearly demonstrates discovered internal regulation - industrial is a myth," he said to Computer World, John Simpson, director of consumer organization Consumer Watchdog. "Promises responsible behavior under self-regulation and over again were meaningless. We need a law to create a mechanism" to follow me "strong, would let consumers exercise their will, regardless of invasive technology that is used".
0 comments:
Post a Comment