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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/safecache.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/safecache.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ccdd9cd --- /dev/null +++ b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.25.07/Mon/safecache.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Browsers hemorrhage information. Cookies, auto-fill information, search history and more can be accessed by websites, and while sometimes this information is gather for benign reasons, sometimes it's not. + +With more and more people refusing to accept cookies in their browsers (almost every modern browser contains a preference for controlling cookie settings) marketers and others that would like to know what you do on the internet have turned to other means. + +One sneaky way of grabbing information uses the browsers cache as a means of tracking user behavior. + +Which brings us to [SafeCache][1], a Firefox plug-in developed by Stanford university that protects your privacy by defending against cache-based tracking techniques. + +SafeCache allows embedded content to be cached, but segments the cache according to the domain of the originating page. + +To install SafeCache, just head over to the site and hit "install." Once you restart Firefox open up the preferences and under the "Privacy" tab you should see a new option to turn SafeCache on and off. Regrettably there isn't a way to set per-site permissions, but it's still better than nothing at all. + +The same folks at Stanford that developed SafeCache also have another Firefox add-on named [SafeHistory][2] which attempts to defend against visited-link-based tracking techniques. + +And for an excellent write up on various other ways you can make Firefox more secure have a look at Security Hack's "[Firefox: 10 tips to bolster your privacy][3]." + +[via [Lifehacker][4]] + +[1]: http://www.safecache.com/ "SafeCache" +[2]: http://www.safehistory.com/ +[3]: http://www.security-hacks.com/2007/06/08/firefox-10-tips-to-bolster-your-privacy "Firefox: 10 tips to bolster your privacy" +[4]: http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-firefox-extension/prevent-cache+based-tracking-with-safecache-270366.php
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