Latest wrinkle in the Verisign saga

[Bill Mullen]

Article: http://securityfocus.com/news/7009

Excerpt:

On Wednesday, Boston-based Internet security and privacy consultant
Richard Smith found buried in the SiteFinder page a so-called "Web bug,"
an invisible image file delivering a cookie that doesn't expire for five
years.

"This certainly means the culling of some information", said Smith.  
"They're getting a sense of what domain names are mistyped, and perhaps
this can be used by a domain name sales company. In addition, Overture is
a pay for click search engine, with questionable affiliates."

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