https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Browser-privacy-and-adblocking/m-p/13845#M1461 <P>Concentrating mainly on tracking and third-party cookies, a <A href="https://wholeftopenthecookiejar.eu/static/tpc-paper.pdf" target="_blank">new study</A> has looked at the various adblocking and privacy capabilities of the major browsers, as well as the major adblocking add-ons.&nbsp; It finds that <A href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/08/20/adblocking-and-browser-privacy-can-be-bypassed-researchers-find/" target="_blank">a) the overall situation is pretty good, and b) there is definite room for improvement</A>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In general, the researchers found that there were ways around adblocking, but that most of the techniques they discovered were not being exploited "in the wild."&nbsp; Hopefully the study will be used by adblocking technologies to improve their function.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>(In other news, <A href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/number-of-third-party-cookies-on-eu-news-sites-dropped-by-22-percent-post-gdpr/" target="_blank">GDPR seems to be having an effect on the use of tracking cookies and third party tracking--but only on sites in the EU</A>.)</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:54:36 GMT rslade 2023-10-09T08:54:36Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Browser-privacy-and-adblocking/m-p/13845#M1461 <P>Concentrating mainly on tracking and third-party cookies, a <A href="https://wholeftopenthecookiejar.eu/static/tpc-paper.pdf" target="_blank">new study</A> has looked at the various adblocking and privacy capabilities of the major browsers, as well as the major adblocking add-ons.&nbsp; It finds that <A href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/08/20/adblocking-and-browser-privacy-can-be-bypassed-researchers-find/" target="_blank">a) the overall situation is pretty good, and b) there is definite room for improvement</A>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In general, the researchers found that there were ways around adblocking, but that most of the techniques they discovered were not being exploited "in the wild."&nbsp; Hopefully the study will be used by adblocking technologies to improve their function.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>(In other news, <A href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/number-of-third-party-cookies-on-eu-news-sites-dropped-by-22-percent-post-gdpr/" target="_blank">GDPR seems to be having an effect on the use of tracking cookies and third party tracking--but only on sites in the EU</A>.)</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:54:36 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Browser-privacy-and-adblocking/m-p/13845#M1461 rslade 2023-10-09T08:54:36Z