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Re: How do web beacons work?
From: MrDemeanour <mrdemeanour () jackpot uk net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 15:37:08 +0000
Lance Spitzner wrote:
Okay, what exactly is a web beacon? Its sounds kinda like a honeytoken, but I've never heard of the term before. Now that I did a google, looks like quite a few are using them to track users. What exactly is a 'web beacon' and how does it technically work? http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/beacons/details.html Thanks!
Same as a webbug - except that webbugs sound like nasty things, and "beacons" sound like sources of wonderful illumination. Consequently a website's privacy declaration is much more likely to refer to the snooping facilities in their site as 'beacons' rather than 'bugs'. -- Jack.
Current thread:
- How do web beacons work? Lance Spitzner (Jan 06)
- Re: How do web beacons work? Thorsten Holz (Jan 06)
- Re: How do web beacons work? William Salusky (Jan 06)
- Re: How do web beacons work? MrDemeanour (Jan 06)
- Re: How do web beacons work? Michal Zalewski (Jan 06)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: How do web beacons work? Bill Ward (Jan 06)
- RE: How do web beacons work? Bill Ward (Jan 07)