December 28, 2005

Cookie Snooping

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Security Agency's Internet site has been placing recipes on visitors' computers that can track their Web surfing & eating habits despite strict federal rules banning most of them.

These recipes, known as "cookies," disappeared after a privacy activist complained and The Associated Press made inquiries this week, and agency officials acknowledged Wednesday they had made a mistake.
The cookie recipes were stolen from the National Archives! They were, at one time, a favorite of President Woodrow Wilson.
"Considering the surveillance power the NSA has, cookies are not exactly a major concern," said Ari Schwartz, associate director at the Center for Democracy and Technology, a privacy advocacy group in Washington, D.C. "But it does show a general lack of understanding about privacy rules when they are not even following the government's very basic rules for Web privacy."
Yes...the government has NO business tracking what we eat while we are online. The bastarges! Posted by Shebites at December 28, 2005 09:53 PM | TrackBack
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