The Electronic Frontier Foundation this week renewed its protests against Verizon Wireless’ and AT&T’s use of supercookies that can’t be deleted or disabled to track customers’ mobile Web-browsing activities without their knowledge. The carriers’ tracking isn’t new — Verizon has been using these supercookies for two years. However, that has not been generally known. EFF Senior Staff Technologist Jacob Hoffman-Andrews last month tweeted about the practice, kindling outrage in the blogosphere. He elaborated on the issue in a Tuesday post.
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Verizon, AT&T Are Watching You
Posted by: Richard Adhikari November 5, 2014 02:23 PMThe Electronic Frontier Foundation this week renewed its protests against Verizon Wireless’ and AT&T’s use of supercookies that can’t be deleted or disabled to track customers’ mobile Web-browsing activities without their knowledge. The carriers’ tracking isn’t new — Verizon has been using these supercookies for two years. However, that has not been generally known. EFF Senior Staff Technologist Jacob Hoffman-Andrews last month tweeted about the practice, kindling outrage in the blogosphere. He elaborated on the issue in a Tuesday post.