We told you so.
As reported by The New York Times:
Nearly everyone who uses the Internet will face the privacy risks that come with those capabilities, which are an integral part of the Web language that will soon power the Internet: HTML 5.
(...)“It’s going to change everything about the Internet and the way we use it today,” said James Cox, 27, a freelance consultant and software developer at Smokeclouds, a New York City start-up company. “It’s not just HTML 5. It’s the new Web.”
But others, while also enthusiastic about the changes, are more cautious.
Most Web users are familiar with so-called cookies, which make it possible, for example, to log on to Web sites without having to retype user names and passwords, or to keep track of items placed in virtual shopping carts before they are bought.
Read how soon nothing will be sacred here.
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"Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds."
--John Perry Barlow
"Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds."
--John Perry Barlow
