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International Design Times:
Firefox 22 Won't Block Third-Party Tracking Cookies : Why Mozilla Delayed Default Blocker And How Your Privacy Is Affected  —  Privacy and Security  —  Mozilla announced it will be delaying the default block on third-party cookie tracking in the upcoming Firefox 22 citing additional testing as the reason for the hold.
May 17, 2013, 3:10 PMIn context
Lora Kolodny / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Piggybackr Gives Kids a Kickstarter of Their Own   —  As fans of Girl Scout Cookies can attest, students with little to no entrepreneurial experience are perfectly capable of both fundraising and selling-at least in the analog world.  But doing it online proves more of a challenge.
Apr 17, 2013, 7:00 PMIn context
Cotton Delo / AdAge:
Has Facebook Lost Faith in Social Ads?   —  After Once Vowing to Transform Online Advertising, It's Increasingly Embracing Standard Offerings  —  Has Facebook lost faith in the potential of social ads and its mantra of “word-of-mouth marketing at scale”?  —  The company once publicly …
Apr 2, 2013, 9:40 PMIn context
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple Rejecting Apps Using Cookie-Tracking Methods, Signaling Push To Its Own Ad Identifier Technology Is Now Underway   —  Mobile app developers using a technology called “cookie tracking” (sometimes called “Safari flip-flop” or “HTML5 first party cookies") are starting to have their apps rejected …
Feb 25, 2013, 5:10 PMIn context
Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:
Firefox to follow Safari, start blocking cookies from third-party advertisers   —  Firefox is set to start blocking cookies from third-party ad networks by default, thanks to a patch submitted by Stanford law student and online privacy activist Jonathan Mayer.
Feb 24, 2013, 6:05 AMIn context
Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:
Firefox 22 will block third-party cookies   —  Jonathan Mayer, a researcher at Stanford, has contributed a patch for Firefox that will block third-party cookies from installing on the user's browser.  The patch is set to be incorporated into Firefox 22.  For some sense of timing on the project, Firefox 19 was released on Tuesday.
Feb 23, 2013, 11:30 PMIn context
Sarah Mitroff / Wired:
Does Facebook Praise Kill Self-Control?   —  One hateful Facebook comment might reduce you to tears, but a recent study found that the “likes” prompted by your status updates and photo posts might also have a negative impact, especially on your waistline and pocketbook.
Jan 17, 2013, 6:30 AMIn context
Jeremy Kirk / Computerworld:
Instagram vulnerability on iPhone allows for account takeover   —  A security researcher has found a vulnerability in Instagram involving how it handles cookies  —  A security researcher published on Friday another attack on Facebook's Instagram photo-sharing service that could allow a hacker to seize control of a victim's account.
Dec 3, 2012, 10:50 AMIn context
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
First Details On Facebook's “View Tags” Cookie Ad Tracking That Shows Sales From Impressions   —  Facebook is on a quest to quantify the value of its ads, and TechCrunch has attained the first public details on its recently expanded ad tracking program called “View Tags” that looks beyond clicks.
Nov 20, 2012, 7:20 PMIn context
Ryan Singel / Wired:
Online Analytics Firm Settles Suit Over Unstoppable User Tracking   —  A screenshot of a “cookie” hidden in the browser cache.  —  KISSmetrics, a popular tool for websites to monitor who is using their site, has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of using shady techniques …
Oct 22, 2012, 10:35 PMIn context

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