The Death of Internet Anonymity

[BonusKun]

I wanna lock this thread but for some reason I can't...

[gameoverDude]

Ever heard of a place called China?
How about Iran?
Does McCarthyism ring a bell?

Not everything needs be private all the time, but there has to at least be an option for anonymity to protect people from overbearing governments and the like.
It's not all silly nonsense about trannies who want to work for homophobic bigots.

Agreed. And fuck Google's CEO for his stance against privacy.

The word Dooce rings a bell too. People get sacked from their jobs over what's on a blog- or even stalked by some random thug who disagrees with them. We need to avoid an all-out Orwellian scenario.

You may want to nuke certain Flash cookies (LSOs). Get BetterPrivacy if you use Firefox.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I wanna lock this thread but for some reason I can't...

Nick finally saw the light and revoked your mod powers?

[kedawa]

Why lock a thread that's on topic and has no card-worthy posts?
That's some SRK shit.

Agreed. And fuck Google's CEO for his stance against privacy.

The word Dooce rings a bell too. People get sacked from their jobs over what's on a blog- or even stalked by some random thug who disagrees with them. We need to avoid an all-out Orwellian scenario.

You may want to nuke certain Flash cookies (LSOs). Get BetterPrivacy if you use Firefox.

Thanks. I installed it and it found a few LSOs, and none of them are of any use to me.
It puzzles me that flash based cookies could get onto my system when I have FlashBlock running all the time.

[gameoverDude]

Why lock a thread that's on topic and has no card-worthy posts?
That's some SRK shit.

Thanks. I installed it and it found a few LSOs, and none of them are of any use to me.
It puzzles me that flash based cookies could get onto my system when I have FlashBlock running all the time.

I've got it set so everytime I quit Firefox, they all get wiped. Blowing the LSOs away hasn't given me any issue. LSOs can be used to create Zombie cookies.

[Josh]

Which do what?

[Shakey]

Moan and shamble, mostly.

[gameoverDude]

Moan and shamble, mostly.

LOL

Read this.
The LSO/Flash cookie can be used to recreate an OG cookie that you delete.

[Detour]

And we're worried about cookies because...?

[gameoverDude]

And we're worried about cookies because...?

I choose to just say Hell No to privacy invasion, especially that from persistent cookies. Hackers can exploit them. Case closed.

Check this serious shit out: The Evercookie.