I am just learning about the world of trackers using 3rd party cookies. New
security issues are arising that potentially impact the manner we manage
patient and student information. More important, these security concerns
probably should alter the way we personally interact with Internet-accessible
resources. Below I am aggregating links in order to enable you to
quickly get up to speed.
The Wall Street Journal is running a series of articles about tracking and
personal privacy:
For Firefox - there is a great plugin: Ghostery that displays what is happening
on each web page with respect to cookies and tracking:
Ghostery: Firefox plugin
When installed, the plugin displays in the upper right corner a purple
rectangle wiht the names of the cookie cooks
that planted cookies on your computer. Below is an example from the NY Times
that indicates 4 cookies form Comscore Beacon, Doubleclick, Google Adsense and
Quantcast.:
