[bestbits] Our new report on tracking headers worldwide

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Dear Deji,

I just read it - and the WSG coverage. First-rate stuff, as always from Access.

> On 17 Aug 2015, at 18:42, Deji Olukotun <deji at accessnow.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi to All,
> 
> Apologies for cross-posting.
> 
> Many of you will remember last year's story <http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/verizon-atandt-tracking-their-users-with-super-cookies/2014/11/03/7bbbf382-6395-11e4-bb14-4cfea1e742d5_story.html> 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.
> 
> Today, we have released a report on our findings. The report was covered by the Wall Street Journal: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/17/study-finds-supercookies-used-outside-u-s/ <http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/17/study-finds-supercookies-used-outside-u-s/>.
> 
> Our report found alarming results, among them:
> 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
> Tracking headers have been around for nearly 15 years;
> 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;
> Tracking headers leak private information about users and make them vulnerable to criminal attacks or even government surveillance;
> Tracking headers depend upon an HTTP, or unencrypted connection, to function, and may lead to fewer websites offering HTTPS.
> The full report is available here <https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2015/08/17/read-our-new-report-on-the-troubling-rise-of-tracking-headers-worldwide2>.
> 
> Best,
> --
> Deji Olukotun
> Senior Global Advocacy Manager
> Access | accessnow.org <http://accessnow.org/>
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