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A REPORT ON THE MOBILE ZOMBIE COOKIE WARS. ?When some iPhone and iPad users recently tried to delet?

By Glenn Reynolds

A REPORT ON THE MOBILE ZOMBIE COOKIE WARS. “When some iPhone and iPad users recently tried to delete cookies from their browsers, they discovered they could not stop a third party from watching their mobile web browsing habits. Ever. Such cookies can be zombie-like: ridding a device of these tags is not unlike slaying the undead. . . . The Center for Investigative Reporting recently highlighted two studies showing how much information apps can lift. Half of the 30 popular Android apps investigated secretly transmit the geographic location of users. (Hey, you could advertize your coffee shop around the corner before the smart-phone user gets there!) The same study showed that seven of the 30 apps investigated send ‘information uniquely identifying the phone and occasionally include actual phone numbers as well as serial numbers assigned to SIM cards.’”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 15, 2010 (boomark / email).