http://benlog.com/articles/2007/12/04/privacy-vs-omnipotence-mashups-and-your-browser/ security, privacy, transparency. Thu, 17 May 2012 19:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://benlog.com/articles/2007/12/04/privacy-vs-omnipotence-mashups-and-your-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-196627 Breaking up with Facebook « Self Interest and Sympathy Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:45:58 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2007/12/04/privacy-vs-omnipotence-mashups-and-your-browser/#comment-196627 [...] Facebook’s plans for targeted advertising and, more worryingly, its almost unlimited powers of omnipotence when it comes to collection of information from users. However, these are not the issues that are [...] [...] Facebook’s plans for targeted advertising and, more worryingly, its almost unlimited powers of omnipotence when it comes to collection of information from users. However, these are not the issues that are [...]

]]> http://benlog.com/articles/2007/12/04/privacy-vs-omnipotence-mashups-and-your-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-171780 Adam Barth Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:01:32 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2007/12/04/privacy-vs-omnipotence-mashups-and-your-browser/#comment-171780 The amazon.facebook.com plan seems a bit tricky because Facebook sets all its cookies for ".facebook.com", meaning your browser will happily send your login credentials to that Amazon-operated server. The amazon.facebook.com plan seems a bit tricky because Facebook sets all its cookies for “.facebook.com”, meaning your browser will happily send your login credentials to that Amazon-operated server.

]]> http://benlog.com/articles/2007/12/04/privacy-vs-omnipotence-mashups-and-your-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-631968 Adam Barth Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:01:00 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2007/12/04/privacy-vs-omnipotence-mashups-and-your-browser/#comment-631968 The amazon.facebook.com plan seems a bit tricky because Facebook sets all its cookies for ".facebook.com", meaning your browser will happily send your login credentials to that Amazon-operated server. The amazon.facebook.com plan seems a bit tricky because Facebook sets all its cookies for “.facebook.com”, meaning your browser will happily send your login credentials to that Amazon-operated server.

]]> http://benlog.com/articles/2007/12/04/privacy-vs-omnipotence-mashups-and-your-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-171415 The end of Internet privacy? « Communities Online Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:51:02 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2007/12/04/privacy-vs-omnipotence-mashups-and-your-browser/#comment-171415 [...] I can’t say I personally understand all the technical jargon, but here is an extract from an article about the project written by Ben Adida: The reconciliation happens in your browser, of course, since your browser is [...] [...] I can’t say I personally understand all the technical jargon, but here is an extract from an article about the project written by Ben Adida: The reconciliation happens in your browser, of course, since your browser is [...]

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