No Cookies, No Problem – Using ETags for User Tracking

Quick note on this one. ETags have been used for years, but there is a court case from 2011 and before, speficaly noting this ETag technology as undeletable cookies. Was just a click away from the Wikipedia page. So I think anybody using it, would have an huge issue with the laws. Personally, I think the tracking pixels are more interesting to look at.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.extremetech.com&#x2F;internet&#x2F;91966-aol-spotify-gigaom-etsy-kissmetrics-sued-over-undeletable-tracking-cookies" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.extremetech.com&#x2F;internet&#x2F;91966-aol-spotify-gigao...</a>

Ah, but using ETags to track users doesn&#x27;t work <i>unless</i> JavaScript is enabled. As one who normally doesn&#x27;t use JavaScript, I had to turn JS on then refresh the page to make this spying example &#x27;work&#x27; (i.e.: track me).<p>As I&#x27;ve been saying for years, get rid of JavaScript and 90%+ of these privacy violations and other security breaches will melt away.<p>The trouble is we users have to suffer the brunt of this JavaScript &#x27;disease&#x27; because it primarily benefits large commercial interests. If ordinary users get trampled upon as a consequence then that&#x27;s just too bad.<p>Seems I&#x27;ve found yet another good reason to keep JavaScript turned off.

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