Re: Phorm setting its own persistent for most websites...
On 04/06/08 02:48 pm, WiW wrote:
>>>
>> Firefox (and Seamonkey) allows you considerable control over how
>> are managed. From accepting none at all, a whitelist or a blacklist of
>> sites, retained for the session or forever. Your choice.
>
> Your comment seems geared towards ing me, as a user, cope with the
> system.
>
I finally read it. Scary! It's a classic man-in-the-middle attack. While
I am sure this has marketeers and government spooks drooling, the whole
profiling aspect is creepy.
Apparently the only way to prevent it (so far) is to disallow
completely.
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