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November 5, 2015 12:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/UMrLelbHaGk/nine-out-of-ten-of-the-internets-top-websites-are-leaking-your-data
Nine Out of Ten of the Internet's Top Websites Are Leaking Your Data
merbs writes: The vast majority of websites you visit are sending your data to third-party sources, usually without your permission or knowledge. That's not exactly breaking news, but the sheer scale and ubiquity of that leakage might be. Tim Libert, a privacy researcher, has published new peer-reviewed research that sought to quantify all the "privacy compromising mechanisms" on the one million most popular websites worldwide. His conclusion? "Findings indicate that nearly 9 in 10 websites leak user data to parties of which the user is likely unaware."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/UMrLelbHaGk/nine-out-of-ten-of-the-internets-top-websites-are-leaking-your-data
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