aka your web identity

VIJAY SANKAR

• A piece of information generated by a web server and stored in the user's computer, ready for future access

• Usage

Shopping carts

Login sessions

Online advertising

User experience

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Just a sample…

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based on purpose

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https://spring.io/blog/2014/01/20/exploiting-encrypted-cookies-for-fun-and-profit

Persistent &

Plain Text

Session &

Plain Text

Persistent &

Encrypted

Session &

Encrypted

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First Party

Third Party

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Super Cookies

Zombies

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Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I01XMRo2ESg

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aka your true web identity

Web Beacons

1 X 1 Pixels

Invisible GIFs

Clear GIFs

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COOKIES – THE FUTURE

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Device Inference

Client IDs Network IDs

Server IDsSynchronized

IDs

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