Protect yourself when clicking on video links (vanity)

Various ^ | March 24, 2003 | self

[tictoc]

A number of links to war videos have been posted recently. Some of these links are to questionable sites in regards to who stands behind them. It is possible that some of these sites may be collecting visitor information for possible later cyberattacks and/or privacy violations.

I urge everyone to secure your PC before you click on any such link. There is a security hole in many versions of Windows Media Player allowing a web site to collect a persistent unique ID from visitors. This security hole is known informally as a "super cookie". Firewalls, antivirus software, and patching with Microsoft updates does not fix the hole.

For more information, click on the link in the top left.

The key to plugging the hole is to uncheck the setting "Allow Internet sites to uniquely identify your player" in Windows Media Player.

Visit www.auditmypc.com to test for this and other vulnerabilities.

[perfect stranger]

bump for when I get home from work.

[Varda]

Thanks and bump

[GOPJ]

bump for later

[general_re]

If this seriously worries you, you can always configure your firewall to block Windows Media Player from accessing the internet. You can even continue using it to view video clips, if you like - just download them first instead of streaming the video...

[First_Salute]

Thanks.

[tomkat]

good advice re: ... uncheck the setting "Allow Internet sites to uniquely identify your player" in Windows Media Player

bump

[EdReform]

BTTT for later...

[tutstar]

bump

[Libertina]

Thank you!