<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Deji,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I just read it - and the WSG coverage. First-rate stuff, as always from Access.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 17 Aug 2015, at 18:42, Deji Olukotun <<a href="mailto:deji@accessnow.org" class="">deji@accessnow.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hi to All,<br class=""><br class=""></div>Apologies for cross-posting.<br class=""><div class=""><br class="">
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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" class="">last
year's story</a> on Verizon's use of "supercookies" to track
users. In the wake, Access launched <a href="http://AmIBeingTracked.com" class="">AmIBeingTracked.com</a> to allow
users to see if the supercookie was being used on their
network.
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<div class="">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" class="">http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/17/study-finds-supercookies-used-outside-u-s/</a>.</div>
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<div class="">Our report found alarming results, among them: </div>
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<ul class=""><li class="">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 class="">Tracking headers have been around for nearly 15
years; <br class="">
</li><li class="">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 class="">
</li><li class="">Tracking headers leak private information about users
and make them vulnerable to criminal attacks or even
government surveillance; <br class="">
</li><li class="">Tracking headers depend upon an HTTP, or unencrypted
connection, to function, and may lead to fewer websites
offering HTTPS.<br class="">
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<div class="">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" class="">here</a>. <br class=""></div><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Best,<br class=""></div><div class="">-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Deji Olukotun<br class="">Senior Global Advocacy Manager<br class="">Access | <a href="http://accessnow.org/" target="_blank" class="">accessnow.org</a><br class=""><br class="">tel: +1 415-935-4572 | @dejiridoo<br class="">PGP: 0x6012CDA8<br class="">Fingerprint: 3AEE 4194 F70E C806 A810 857A 6AD5 8F48 6012 CDA8<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class="">Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter on digital rights, the Access Express: <a href="https://accessnow.org/express" target="_blank" class="">accessnow.org/express</a></i><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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