[SGVLUG] Fw: [Lamp-announce] Meeting this Saturday: Supercookies

[matti]

fyi - should be interesting to many here...


--- On Tue, 8/16/11, Solomon K. Chang <skevin521 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Solomon K. Chang <skevin521 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Lamp-announce] Meeting this Saturday: Supercookies
> To: "LAMP-SIG General User Mailing List" <lamp-user at maillist.lampsig.org>, "LAMP-SIG Announce" <lamp-announce at maillist.lampsig.org>
> Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 9:56 PM
> Well met, LampSIGgers,
> 
> There will be a meeting this Saturday, August 20th, at
> 1:00PM.
> 
> The topic will be:
> 
> Supercookies
> By Solomon Chang
> 
> Faster than a viral bulletin...
> More power for your LSOs...
> Able to leap all browsers in a single bound.
> Look! Cached on my drive!
> From a nerd! It's a pain!
> It's Supercookies!
> 
> Supercookies are the next evolution in really annoying
> privacy issues. They act like regular cookies, writing bits
> of tracking information to your browser, but you'll never
> know they were there. They are extremely difficult to delete
> by normal means. They defy clearing your cache. They defy
> erasing your cookies from your browser preferences. They
> don't even show up in your cookie list.  In fact, they are
> COMPLETELY ACCESSIBLE between browsers - a Supercookie
> written to Firefox can be read from Internet Explorer or
> Safari on the SAME MACHINE. It doesn't matter what platform
> you're running... Supercookies can thrive in OS/X, Windows,
> or Linux.  And, they live on your hard drive for, well,
> just about forever.
> 
> Supercookies could have been the 11th plague of Exodus, if
> the Israelites stuck around Egypt for one more day.
> 
> 
> Now, at this point, you should have a little angel version
> of yourself sitting on one shoulder, and a little devil
> version of yourself on the other shoulder. The angel version
> of you should be saying, "That's horrible! How could anyone
> come up with something so evil?"
> 
> The little devil version of you should be asking, "Ooooh.
> How can *I* write supercookies into my web apps?"
> 
> This lecture will appeal to that little devil.  You will
> learn what you need to get started writing Supercookies,
> embedding Supercookie code into your HTML, how Supercookies
> are stored, and best of all, how to get rid of other
> people's Supercookies from your machine!
> 
> Solomon Chang is a Senior System and Database Administrator
> working for Sosbuzz, Inc.. He hates Supercookies, but has
> gotten very good at writing them.  In fact, he has gotten
> very good at doing things he hates, just like a congressman
> does, but will do anything for the right amount of money,
> just like a congressman does.
> 
> LAMPSIG meets on the third Saturday of every month, at
> 1:00PM at the Thom Bradley Center.  The TBC is located at:
> 5213 Pico Blvd.
> Los Angeles, CA. 90019
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