[LINK] Another Form of Super-Cookie Exposed

Bernard Robertson-Dunn brd at iimetro.com.au
Sat Jul 30 12:48:00 AEST 2011


On 30/07/2011 11:07 AM, Roger Clarke quoted:

> This means that if a person clears their browser cache or cookies,
> the random identity is likely to persist and that person will keep
> being "known" as a consistent random identity. If the random identity
> persists in one of these methods, we will reset the others so they
> all share that same random identity.

Are they assuming person==user==computer?

If multiple users (say a family, or at an internet cafe, or library) use 
the same computer, can their system differentiate between them?

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email:	brd at iimetro.com.au
website:	www.drbrd.com



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