The Verizon “Supercookie” crumbles as the carrier is fined for secrecy

Honesty is the best policy, but it didn’t appear on Verizon Wireless’s policy until a year ago. We’re talking about “Supercookies,” Unique Identifier Headers attached to traffic made through Verizon’s network used in order to serve ads from Verizon’s vendor network.The FCC found that Big Red had implemented UIDHs as early as December 2012 and did not tell its customers until ...

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