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Google’s Cookie to have 2 Year Expiration (Because it is of little value after that time)
Google announced today they are changing the expiration date of their cookie from 2038 (the latest possible date) to a rolling 2 year period. Once put into action, users who visit Google today, for example, will receive a cookie that…
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Tracking Web Users with ClickTale
Fellow PhD student Alice Marwick blogs about TechCrunch's coverage of ClickTale, the latest in website surveillance tools: ClickTale shows you the full story: every mouse movement, every click and every scrolling action. By using ClickTale you will gain insights that…
CFP: Identity and Identification in a Networked World Graduate Student Symposium
[I am one of the organizers the following graduate student symposium to be held this fall at NYU] CALL FOR PAPERS Identity and Identification in a Networked World: A Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Symposium When: September 29-30, 2006 Where: New York…
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Experimenting with a “StatCounter” counter on michaelzimmer.org
To get a better sense of how michaelzimmer.org is being utilized, I have decided to experiment with a StatCounter counter. This was a difficult decision, being that StatCounter utilizes web cookies to help provide information about what IP addresses access…
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