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11:02 pm Feb 17, 2012
Google Under Fire for Circumvention of Cookie Settings in Safari for iOS to Track Users
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Google Under Fire for Circumvention of Cookie Settings in Safari for iOS to Track Users
macrumors.com
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3:46 pm Feb 17, 2012
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google and several other advertising agencies have been discovered to be circumventing privacy protections in Apple's Safari browser for iOS devices in order to track users through ads on numerous popular websites.
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WSJ: Safari loophole lets Google track Apple users through web ads
engadget.com
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3:46 pm Feb 17, 2012
Cellphones, Internet, Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer has discovered a curious Safari loophole that allows Google to track a user's browsing activity via cookie-laced web ads. As it turns out, Apple's browser normally accepts cookies from sites that a…
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Google's iPhone Tracking
wsj.com
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3:46 pm Feb 17, 2012
But Google faced a problem: Safari blocks most tracking by default. So Google couldn't use the most common technique—installation of a small file known as a "cookie"—to check if Safari users were logged in to Google. To get around Safari's default…
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Google cookies 'bypassed Safari privacy protection'
bbc.co.uk
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7:08 pm Feb 17, 2012
Google says it has now started removing the advertising cookies in question from Safari browsersThe Wall Street Journal said Google and other companies had worked around privacy settings designed to restrict cookies. Cookies are small text files stored by…
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Google accused of bypassing Safari to track web surfers
cnet.co.uk
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3:46 pm Feb 17, 2012
Google has been accused of tracking people using Safari on iPhones and computers by sneaking around the browser's privacy settings, allowing a site to deposit cookies even if the browser is set to prevent such tracking. But Google has responded, saying the…
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Microsoft denounces Google for bypassing Safari privacy settings
cnet.com
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3:46 pm Feb 17, 2012
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Google reportedly forcing advertising cookies upon iPhone users regardless of Safari privacy settings
9to5mac.com
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3:54 pm Feb 17, 2012
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BUSTED: Google Caught Secretly Hacking Safari To Track Apple iPhone and Mac Users by @hblodget http://t.co/W9hGToxL
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prefix-the-web: a call out to add prefixes for all browsers to webkit only code on Github - http://t.co/wpgV46UO
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EFF analyses the Google-Safari fiasco & issues an open letter to Google to change their tune regarding user privacy | https://t.co/5pPvu34i
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Between the Path debacle and Google's Safari cookies, this is the week the Valley's moral bankruptcy on privacy was made obvious.
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Google hit with FTC complaint, says circumventing Safari privacy features accidental... http://t.co/Ant3WSkI http://t.co/3px1HvkY
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Note: of the 4 ad networks caught abusing loophole in Safari cookie controls to track users, only Google is claiming it was unintentional.
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Google Tracked Millions Of iOS & Mac Safari Users Against Their Wishes http://t.co/4xnpZBtY
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WARNING: Google used special code to sidestep the privacy settings in the Safari web browser and track users | http://t.co/YZyOfBnB
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Microsoft denounces Google for bypassing Safari privacy settings http://t.co/gjVHWLlT
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Oh, hey, Google was tracking Safari activity on the iPhone. Wonderful! And by wonderful, I mean terrible. http://t.co/7wPTiDVs
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WSJ: Safari loophole lets Google track Apple users through web ads http://t.co/zQB4GdHE
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Google tracked Safari, iPhone users, overriding users' blocking settings. http://t.co/6s19C5KT via @WSJ
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