Download to what extent can it be argued that web cookies should be

TO WHAT EXTENT CAN IT BE
ARGUED THAT WEB COOKIES
SHOULD BE BANNED ?
Name
Digital Asset & Media Management
King’s college London
20.08.2014
BACKGROUND
Special tools for data collecting
Widely used
•
achieve interactive web applications
•
provide personal user experiences
(Eirinaki and Vazirgiannis, 2003)
Worries
•
track the browser traces
•
potentially threaten individuals’ privacy
(Schmitt, 2014)
OUTLINE
Definition of cookies
Cookies
•
Tracking
•
Usefulness
•
Privacy
•
Safety
•
Necessity
Conclusion
Today I will attempt to
demonstrate that…
Cookies should not be banned
•
the use of cookies is needed by both users and
servers
•
cookies will not threaten users’ data per se
•
certain functions of websites will be limited if
cookies were blocked
DEFINITION
“A small piece of data sent from a website
and stored in a user’s web browser while
the user is browsing that website. Every
time the user loads the website, the
browser sends the cookie back to the
server to notify the website of the user's
previous activity.”
(Barth, 2011)
WITHOUT COOKIES
Hello, I’m X
Hello, X
USER
UNCONNECTED
SERVER
Request file ？
Who are you？
Server knows：
X can get file
ENABLE COOKIES
Hello, I’m X
Ok，your ID is 0
Store ID
Remember ID
USER
cookies
UNCONNECTED
SERVER
My ID is 0
Hello，X
Validate ID
TRACKING
Track browsing traces
Advertisement issue
Take advantage of users’ information
Cookies should be banned
(Boggan, 2013)
USEFULNESS
Preference
edition
USER
Function
supporter
Condition
evaluation
WIN-WIN
COOKIES
SERVER
Precision
advertising
Cookies should not be banned
(Cottingham, 2002)
PRIVACY
Browser data
when
what
Online services
personal information
online purchasing
online banking
Authentic information
hobby age income level
gender
Potential threat
Cookies should be banned
(Fenstermacher, 2002)
SAFETY
No absolute privacy
on the Internet
(Ingram, 2011)
Cookie records
Achieved by applications
(Lavin, 2006)
(Park and Sandhu, 2000)
Cookies should not be banned
NECESSITY
COOKIES SHOULD NOT BE BANNED
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CONCLUSION
Definition
Cookies should not be banned
•
Usefulness
•
Safety
•
Necessity
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