<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi to All,<br><br></div>Apologies for cross-posting.<br><div><br>
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Many of you will remember <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/verizon-atandt-tracking-their-users-with-super-cookies/2014/11/03/7bbbf382-6395-11e4-bb14-4cfea1e742d5_story.html" target="_blank">last
year's story</a> on Verizon's use of "supercookies" to track
users. In the wake, Access launched AmIBeingTracked.com to allow
users to see if the supercookie was being used on their
network.
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<div>Today, we have released a report on our findings. The
report was covered by the Wall Street Journal: <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/17/study-finds-supercookies-used-outside-u-s/" target="_blank">http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/17/study-finds-supercookies-used-outside-u-s/</a>.</div>
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<div>Our report found alarming results, among them: </div>
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<ul><li>Evidence of widespread deployment. Carriers in 10 countries around the
world, including Canada, China, India, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, the
Netherlands, Spain, the United States, and Venezuela, are using tracking
headers
</li><li>Tracking headers have been around for nearly 15
years; <br>
</li><li>Users cannot block tracking headers because they are
injected by carriers beyond their control, and they can
attach to users even when roaming across international
borders; <br>
</li><li>Tracking headers leak private information about users
and make them vulnerable to criminal attacks or even
government surveillance; <br>
</li><li>Tracking headers depend upon an HTTP, or unencrypted
connection, to function, and may lead to fewer websites
offering HTTPS.<br>
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<div>The full report is available <a href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2015/08/17/read-our-new-report-on-the-troubling-rise-of-tracking-headers-worldwide2">here</a>. <br></div><br clear="all"><div><div>Best,<br></div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Deji Olukotun<br>Senior Global Advocacy Manager<br>Access | <a href="http://accessnow.org" target="_blank">accessnow.org</a><br><br>tel: +1 415-935-4572 | @dejiridoo<br>PGP: 0x6012CDA8<br>Fingerprint: 3AEE 4194 F70E C806 A810 857A 6AD5 8F48 6012 CDA8<br><br></div><div><i>Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter on digital rights, the Access Express: <a href="https://accessnow.org/express" target="_blank">accessnow.org/express</a></i><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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