FLASH COOKIES AND PRIVACY II: NOW WITH HTML5 AND ETAG RESPAWNING

IN AUGUST 2009, WE DEMONSTRATED THAT POPULAR WEBSITES WERE USING “FLASH COOKIES” TO TRACK USERS. SOME ADVERTISERS HAD ADOPTED THIS TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE IT ALLOWED PERSISTENT TRACKING EVEN WHERE USERS HAD TAKEN STEPS TO AVOID WEB PROFILING. WE ALSO DEMONSTRATED “RESPAWNING” ON TOP SITES WITH FLASH TECH