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The CIA removed software from one of its Web sites this week after a private group discovered that the agency was using banned Internet tracking technology called "cookies," said Mike Stepp, who manages the CIA's public Web site.
"It was a mistake on our part. It was not intentional," Stepp said Tuesday. "The public does not need to be concerned that the CIA is tracking them. We're a bit busy to be doing that."
"There is no evidence that the CIA was in fact using personal information against people or even collecting it," said CBS News Technology Consultant Larry Magid, "but the mere fact that they could collect it, that they had put these cookies on people's hard drives, is a violation of their stated privacy policy, and it's good that they're changing the practice."
Cookies are small software files often placed on computers without a person's knowledge. The files can make Internet browsing more convenient by letting sites distinguish user preferences, but they have been criticized for violating privacy because they can track Web surfing.
The government issued strict rules for how federal agencies may use
"It was a mistake on our part. It was not intentional," Stepp said Tuesday. "The public does not need to be concerned that the CIA is tracking them. We're a bit busy to be doing that."
"There is no evidence that the CIA was in fact using personal information against people or even collecting it,"
CIA Caught Sneaking Cookies
Spy Agency's Site Put Cookies On Surfers' Computers
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2002
Originally posted by azzllin
nothing illegal here,
Originally posted by screamo
Why doesn't someone clean their cookies out and than go on a bunch of gov't and CIA sites (as much as possible) and than see if they have any cookies? That seems like a rather simple way to check if they really did stop doing it or not. I'm not sure this'll get too much accomplished however.
Originally posted by SpeakEasyOne
reply to post by screamo
I did. It is exactly as advertised. Imagine. Cookies do have your user login name from your PC right? LOL. The CIA has a page for Kids... young kids.
That's a little young? K-5th Gr? It won't matter I suppose. I can't "see" any cookies other than "atscookie@abovetopsecret[1].txt, [2] and [3]". My windows login UN is ATSCookie. LOL.
Speak'