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Webmaster Issues

Webmaster Issues. HTML5 and Privacy. HTML5. Already partially in use Advantages: Easier for user to view multimedia content Check mail offline Find sites on smartphone. Cookie Refresher. Cookies make browsing smoother They record user name and password

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Webmaster Issues

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  1. Webmaster Issues HTML5 and Privacy

  2. HTML5 • Already partially in use • Advantages: • Easier for user to view multimedia content • Check mail offline • Find sites on smartphone

  3. Cookie Refresher • Cookies make browsing smoother • They record user name and password • Shopping easier because they record items before you purchase

  4. The Dilemma • HTML5 allows more tracking opportunities • NY Times says: ,,,the technology uses a process in which large amounts of data can be collected and stored on the user’s hard drive while online

  5. What is an Evercookie? • New JavaScript API that places cookie data in several places within the browser: • Standard cookie cache • Browser history • Images

  6. Evercookie… • Developed by SamyKamkar (developer, security hacker) • Evercookie published as open source software to demonstrate a point

  7. The Dilemma, cont. • Information Week says: Evercookie does this by placing cookie data in several places in the browser, including the standard cookie cache, browser history, even with a specialized image file. [It]…utilizes new data storage features in HTML5.

  8. Evercookie, cont. • System is “self-repairing,” meaning that if you do not delete all areas where EC is hiding, the hidden cookie restores all items you deleted

  9. How Technology Could be Abused • Example: Twitter problem • Users unwittingly sent to porno sites • Will be popular with phishing sites

  10. Issue: Resists Will of the User • If user deletes cookies, then they should disappear • Evercookie explicitly ignores user’s request • Like an uninstall program that not only doesn’t uninstall, it adds new apps

  11. W3 Holding 3-Day Workshop • Says there will be a public review • Claims there is accountability

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