If you feel uncomfortable knowing how easy it access your internet history, there are more serious cases where computers have been hacked into, and the user has been completely unaware of the illegal activity happening at the time.
What methods are being used to get this information? Well it’s quite easy actually. Here are just a few threats that put our internet privacy at risk:
Cookie proliferation:
The invisible cookie software agents that track your browsing habits and personal data are likely to multiply in 2013. Advertising networks, marketers, and other data profiteers depend on cookies to learn more about who you are—and what you may be interested in buying. Unless legislation imposes legal restraints