For any of us who recognized that personal privacy on the web is an illusion, the response to a Congressional inquiry asking about how various ISPs and online portals target advertising and collect data will come as no surprise. Aside from the use of deep-packet inspection technology used by ISPs to insert advertising based on surfing habits, Congress discovered cookies and data retention policies. In a shocked tone, the Washington Post reported that Google is using Double Clicks tracking cooki....
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