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Re:NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking by g8oz on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @11:46PM (#6885940)
Does blocking third party cookies stop Google Analytics from being used by the NSA in the way the article described?
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Re:NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking by dangrossman on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @07:33AM (#6887289)
Google Analytics uses first-party cookies. They're set and read on each website's own domain by JavaScript. Blocking third-party cookies wouldn't have any effect.
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