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| Jan 22, 2019 | » | Tracking and Data Collection
4 min; updated Feb 12, 2023
Tracking on the Internet Screenshot from a [2012 study of third-party online tracking](#mayerMitchellThirdPartyWebTracking). The red boxes show content (at least the visible ones) served by third parties. When the browser requests a third-party resource embedded on a web page, the snippet below is a subset of the HTTP headers sent by the browser to the third party. GET http://youtube.com/watch?v=gHStnhGx1P Cookie: id=35c192bcfe0000b1... Referer: http://www.nytimes.com/ The combination of the cookie and the referrer makes third-party tracking possible.... |
| Apr 16, 2018 | » | An Apology for the Internet - How It Went Wrong [Intelligencer]
2 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
An Apology for the Internet - How It Went Wrong. Noah Kulwin. nymag.com . Apr 16, 2018. Start with hippie good intentions. A generation embracing new technology as a tool to transform the world for good. Can Duruk: You were going to Facebook not to work but to make the world more open and connected. Mix in capitalism on steroids. To save the world, you first need to take it over.... |