Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Latest Breaking News

(6,670 posts)

7. It's a war. There's no single magic gun that's going to win it.

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 11:26 AM

Mar 2012

Firefox used to have a cookie editor. I don't care if they leave cookies on my computer, as long as I can make them say whatever I want to.

It got bought by Abine.com, a security company, who provide other services, and isn't free any more

They also have this fascinating story of a lawsuit against a particularly invasive data collector.

http://www.abine.com/wordpress/2012/when-delete-means-delete-the-inside-story-of-our-ftc-complaint-against-beenverified-com/

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

8 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Google in New Privacy Probes (In U.S. and Europe) [View all] onehandle Mar 2012 OP

I wonder who else they are doing this too madokie Mar 2012 #1

Privacy programs and search engine SHRED Mar 2012 #2

Thanks madokie Mar 2012 #4

Uh…I spose using Chrome isn't exactly a solution… Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #5

I wouldn't think it would be now madokie Mar 2012 #8

I started using Startpage a few months ago after reading a post here AllyCat Mar 2012 #3

aha...you might have helped me. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #6

It's a war. There's no single magic gun that's going to win it. saras Mar 2012 #7