Re: NSA Used Cookies to Track Visitors' Web Activities?

In article <yzlirt6pfwv.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Christopher C. Stacy <cstacy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Madwen <invalid@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> According to this AP article here....
>>
>> <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051229/ap_on_hi_te/spy_agency_privacy>
>>
>> ... the NSA has been using cookies to track the web surfing habits of
>> visitors to their web site. The cookies were set to expire in 2035.
>>
>> Is that possible on a Mac? Can they actually track your web activities
>> with cookies?
>
<Snip useful info for brevity>

>You can tell that it's uninformed media hype because they go on about
>how the cookies will not expire until 2030. That's pretty much when
>all cookies expire -- they're all "permanent" like that, except for
>the "session cookies" which are deleted when you close the browser.

I'm a regular visitor to NSA's website. There's some very useful
info there regarding information security in general, and some
great specific info regarding hardening and securing various
platforms. This one is a bit out of date, but should be of
interest to some in this NG...

http://www.nsa.gov/snac/downloads_macX.cfm?MenuID=scg10.3.1.1

The cookie that this site sets on my machine is about in the
middle of the pack as far as expiration in 2035.

apple.com set one that is due to expire 1 Jan, 4001.


LOL


Claude


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