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Washington Post Reveals How NSA Turns Browser Cookies Into Surveillance Devices

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Washington Post Reveals How NSA Turns Browser Cookies Into Surveillance Devices

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As EFF Deeplinks reports: "According to documents just published by the Washington Post, the NSA is using this to “enable remote exploitation” (hacking into people’s computers)—an act aided by the ability to uniquely identify individuals on the Internet."

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http://www.washingtonp…
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013 (All day)
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NSA Spying
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