Mon Feb 20, 2012, 07:57 PM

onehandle (35,409 posts)

Google tricks Internet Explorer, foils privacy settings, Microsoft says

Google has secretly been bypassing your privacy settings in Internet Explorer, Microsoft claimed Monday afternoon.

The startling accusation came in a blog post Monday by Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Internet Explorer. On Friday, a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that the search and advertising giant was bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Safari browsers on iPhones and desktop computers.

“When the IE team heard that Google had bypassed user privacy settings on Safari, we asked ourselves a simple question: is Google circumventing the privacy preferences of Internet Explorer users too?” Hachamovitch wrote.

“We’ve discovered the answer is yes: Google is employing similar methods to get around the default privacy protections in IE and track IE users with cookies."

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/20/google-tricks-internet-explorer-foils-privacy-settings-microsoft-says

First it was Safari. Now it's IE. Firefox and others are being investigated. Guess what the result will be.

'Don't be evil'

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
Google tricks Internet Explorer, foils privacy settings, Microsoft says (Original post)	onehandle	Feb 2012	OP
Why does anyone even bother with Google any more?	begin_within	Feb 2012	#1
The 'Mountain View Ad Agency' services are 'free.'	onehandle	Feb 2012	#2
A number of colleges and universities use Gmail exclusively now.	SomeGuyInEagan	Feb 2012	#26
Why are People Still Using IE?	liberalmike27	Feb 2012	#33
I prefer BING. eom	xtraxritical	Feb 2012	#11
Google tricked Apple's Safari in order to track users	FredisDead	Feb 2012	#3
OMG WTF	Stop n think	Feb 2012	#4
Just ask Murdoch.	tabasco	Feb 2012	#41
Time for "Operation Fuck Google's Data Mining."	McCamy Taylor	Feb 2012	#5
Easier: Switch to Ixquick or DuckDuckGo. n/t	TygrBright	Feb 2012	#6
Thanks, I bookmarked those.	Lasher	Feb 2012	#12
I'm always in the market for new search engines	woodsprite	Feb 2012	#36
Been doing that for years...	saras	Feb 2012	#18
Thanks for that ...	Nihil	Feb 2012	#23
And we would all be paranoid time-wasters, too.	randome	Feb 2012	#27
Just reset the browser, to clear cookies and history, on exit....	jdadd	Feb 2012	#7
You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again	wtmusic	Feb 2012	#24
2 ways to foil Google and LSOs:	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2012	#32
Thanks....I stand corrected....	jdadd	Feb 2012	#48
Why dose anyone even use IE? Feature poor and buggy. It's a load.	geckosfeet	Feb 2012	#8
The security of MS software has been compromised??	wtmusic	Feb 2012	#9
It wasn't easy... first they had to find it!	nilram	Feb 2012	#15
I think my	christx30	Feb 2012	#16
I wasn't suggesting a security hole was hard to find	nilram	Feb 2012	#28
Right	christx30	Feb 2012	#34
Microsoft finds security hole, blames google.	boppers	Feb 2012	#40
Don't worry - it's an easy fix with IE Service Pack #4.29.a7865-11328	wtmusic	Feb 2012	#46
Ironic, as Google Chrome is on the verge of becoming the most used browser in the world	stockholmer	Feb 2012	#10
And here I'd gotten so happy with Chrome.	Lasher	Feb 2012	#13
try Opera, it works well for me	stockholmer	Feb 2012	#14
or iron	d_r	Feb 2012	#22
So Iron is like Chrome, but without the nasty Google spy features?	stockholmer	Feb 2012	#25
yes	d_r	Feb 2012	#29
Dear M$: You CAN'T bypass a FUNCTIONAL security setting.	saras	Feb 2012	#17
There's still a microsoft explorer? Wow. nt	Bonobo	Feb 2012	#19
There's still Windows? Wow.	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2012	#21
You sound like a 1%er	DUIC	Feb 2012	#31
Yep, that equates to the 1% on the right hand side of this graph.	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2012	#35
Were you also informed that the study was bogus?	DUIC	Feb 2012	#37
Sorry, I am confused. Which study are you referring to?	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2012	#39
AptiQuant's bogus survey	DUIC	Feb 2012	#42
Never heard of it.	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2012	#43
Sucks to be ordinary	DUIC	Feb 2012	#44
Running Windows is the equivalent of drinking Budweiser	wtmusic	Feb 2012	#47
Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team)	dfhjkyulyu	Feb 2012	#20
Easy Fix: Enable Tracking Protection Lists to stop Google's data mining	DUIC	Feb 2012	#30
People still use IE?	Bladian	Feb 2012	#38
I use a add-in called TRACKMENOT for Firefox	elifino	Feb 2012	#45

Response to onehandle (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2012, 07:58 PM

begin_within (21,231 posts)

Google tricks Internet Explorer, foils privacy settings, Microsoft says

1. Why does anyone even bother with Google any more?

2. The 'Mountain View Ad Agency' services are 'free.'

26. A number of colleges and universities use Gmail exclusively now.

33. Why are People Still Using IE?

11. I prefer BING. eom

3. Google tricked Apple's Safari in order to track users

4. OMG WTF

41. Just ask Murdoch.

5. Time for "Operation Fuck Google's Data Mining."

6. Easier: Switch to Ixquick or DuckDuckGo. n/t

12. Thanks, I bookmarked those.

36. I'm always in the market for new search engines

18. Been doing that for years...

23. Thanks for that ...

27. And we would all be paranoid time-wasters, too.

7. Just reset the browser, to clear cookies and history, on exit....

24. You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again

32. 2 ways to foil Google and LSOs:

48. Thanks....I stand corrected....

8. Why dose anyone even use IE? Feature poor and buggy. It's a load.

9. The security of MS software has been compromised??

15. It wasn't easy... first they had to find it!

16. I think my

28. I wasn't suggesting a security *hole* was hard to find

34. Right

40. Microsoft finds security hole, blames google.

46. Don't worry - it's an easy fix with IE Service Pack #4.29.a7865-11328

10. Ironic, as Google Chrome is on the verge of becoming the most used browser in the world

13. And here I'd gotten so happy with Chrome.

14. try Opera, it works well for me

22. or iron

25. So Iron is like Chrome, but without the nasty Google spy features?

29. yes

17. Dear M$: You CAN'T bypass a FUNCTIONAL security setting.

19. There's still a microsoft explorer? Wow. nt

21. There's still Windows? Wow.

31. You sound like a 1%er

35. Yep, that equates to the 1% on the right hand side of this graph.

37. Were you also informed that the study was bogus?

39. Sorry, I am confused. Which study are you referring to?

42. AptiQuant's bogus survey

43. Never heard of it.

44. Sucks to be ordinary

47. Running Windows is the equivalent of drinking Budweiser

30. Easy Fix: Enable Tracking Protection Lists to stop Google's data mining

38. People still use IE?

45. I use a add-in called TRACKMENOT for Firefox

28. I wasn't suggesting a security hole was hard to find