AT&T and Verizon use “supercookies” to track users’ online activities
By Thomas Gaist
7 November 2014
Telecommunications corporations Verizon and AT&T automatically monitor and record all Internet activity by users accessing their cellular data networks, according to reports published this week by the Washington Post and privacy groups. The tracking system has been referred to as a “supercookie” because it is nearly impossible for users to disable it.
AT&T and Verizon secretly tracked internet activity by more than 100 million customers using the “supercookie” system, according to figures cited by the Washington Post. All users accessing AT&T and Verizon networks are subject to tracking and logging of their Internet browsing, regardless of whether they are customers with AT&T or Verizon, the Post reported.