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If the notion of an anonymous identifier strikes you as a contradiction in terms, you aren't alone."It's a persistent identifier, a super cookie," says Jeff Chester, head of the Center for Digital Democracy. "Google will gain more information about users wherever they are, across platforms and with one number. This will be the new way they identify you 24/7."

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...