In two previous questions, What
can a website I visit tell about me? and
What are browser cookies and how are they used? I discussed some of
the information that websites get, and techniques that they can use to
collect and remember more.
One particular part of the original question leads to today's
article:
Can [a] site collect ... my browsing history
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To be clear, a site cannot.
However, through clever use of cookies typically associated with
advertising, it is possible for some services to track who in their
network of advertisers you visit.
And thus we have "tracking" and "third party" cookies to talk
about.
Continue reading
What are tracking cookies and should they concern me?
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