Take Control of Your Online Privacy by Joe Kissell

Author:Joe Kissell
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, pdf
Publisher: TidBITS
Published: 2013-08-26T16:00:00+00:00

Historical Data

Cookies normally stick around on your device for quite some time, so in addition to sending live data about you as you browse the Web, they serve as historical evidence of the sites you’ve visited and some of the activities you’ve performed there.

Your browser may also store lists of pages you’ve visited (browsing history), files you’ve downloaded (download history), searches you’ve performed (search history), and information you’ve entered into form fields. Barring a bug or malicious exploit, your browser doesn’t transmit any of this data, but someone could examine your device after the fact and get a detailed record of where you’ve been.

As I said earlier, live data and historical data have entirely different privacy implications. You may find live tracking to be creepy and offensive but have no qualms about someone examining the browsing history on your computer; or you may have no issues with advertisers knowing what you’re up to but prefer to keep that information from, say, your employer (who might take a look at your computer when you’re not at your desk—or even use monitoring software).

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