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Google Skirted Privacy Settings, Tracked iPhones

Ducked Safari's default block on user tracking

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 17, 2012 7:27 AM CST | Updated Feb 17, 2012 7:57 AM CST

(Newser) – Google has been quietly using computer code to get around default privacy settings on Apple's Safari browser—both on iPhones and computers. Safari automatically prevents tracking techniques that other browsers allow, including the use of cookies. But Google coding "tricks" Safari into allowing...   Read full story »

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