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Supercookies - is resistance futile?

Just learned about supercookies and evercookies. Seems like there is no realistic way to defend against them or remove them. Can this be true? https://newsletter.askleo.com/ask-leo-653-supercookies-and-evercookies-resistance-is-futile/

23rd May 2017, 4:59 PM
David Ashton
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4 Answers
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It is true and clearing them is not the option. It requires a legal system of protection, not technical. Anything, I say anything done without the user's explicit consent ought to be deemed illegal, that's the only way if we want not to become products ourselves.
23rd May 2017, 5:06 PM
Kuba SiekierzyƄski
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+ 6
"We must dissent..." ;)
23rd May 2017, 7:24 PM
Kuba SiekierzyƄski
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@Kuba if this is user explicit consent we are doomed. This site uses cookies, by contuing to use this site, you are agreeing that we can collect all the data that we couldn't normally collect by law. [Agree] edit: browsing from the live cd is a smart thought.
23rd May 2017, 5:34 PM
seamiki
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got some more info on wikipedia for whoever might be interested: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie#HttpOnly_cookie
24th May 2017, 4:09 AM
seamiki
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