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Author: Antony Stone
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] [OT] The End of Trust
On Tuesday 04 December 2018 at 12:09:42, Andres Suarez wrote:

> It's just becoming more open and cynic. My cellphone is already turning
> my private OFFLINE conversations into ad-topics.


More detail / explanation please?

Antony.

> The thing is, in this times (and what follows) there's some people who
> can do something for self-defence, and many others who can't and/or
> will never acknowledge what is happening.
>
> > For your reading pleasure:
> >
> > https://www.eff.org/the-end-of-trust
> >
> > Most of it is familiar but I did discover something that I didn't
> > know.
> > Tucked away in the sidebar on page 226 is this interesting factoid:
> >
> > "The website freedom-to-tinker.com, hosted by Princeton’s
> > Center for Information Technology Policy, published a study
> > highlighting a particularly invasive data-mining software
> > called “session replay scripts” that are being used by an
> > increasing number of websites. According to the study, session
> > replay scripts “record your keystrokes, mouse movements,
> > and scrolling behavior, along with the entire contents of the
> > pages you visit.” Unlike most third-party analytics services,
> > which provide aggregate statistics of your searches and the
> > pages you visit, session replay scripts actually record your
> > individual browsing session in its entirety, “as if someone is
> > looking over your shoulder”.
> >
> > The study lists tens of thousands of websites that were
> > either found recording users’ browsing sessions or have the
> > capability to do so. Among the big-name sites are xfinity.com,
> > windows.com, texas.gov, petco.com, and fandango.com. The
> > following sites were also found on that list."
> > —Landon Bates
> >
> > Here are links to the study and full list:
> >
> > https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/11/15/no-boundaries-exfiltration-o
> > f-personal-data-by-session-replay-scripts/
> >
> > https://webtransparency.cs.princeton.edu/no_boundaries/session_replay
> > _sites.html
> >
> > It just keeps getting worse and worse . . .
> >
> > golinux


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