'Super cookies' can track you even in private browsing mode, researcher says

Macworld
Jan 8, 2015, 10:25 am489 pts
If there's one thing websites love to do it's track their users. Now, it looks like some browsers can even be tracked when they're in private or incognito mode. Sam Greenhalgh of U.K.-based RadicalResearch recently published a blog post with a proof-of-concept called "HSTS Super Cookies." Greenhalgh shows how…

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