Evercookie
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evercookie-176-12975986
title:
Evercookie
text:
Evercookie is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that identifies and reproduces intentionally deleted cookies on the clients' browser storage. It was created by Samy Kamkar in 2010 to demonstrate the possible infiltration from the websites that use respawning. Websites that have adopted this mechanism can identify users even if they attempt to delete the previously stored cookies. In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked a top-secret NSA document that showed Evercookie can track Tor user
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
JavaScript application programming interface
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercookie
date created:
2010-10-23T14:21:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T20:39:59Z
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