Submission + - Is Firefox/Google Spying on Your News Feeds?
El Lobo writes: From
http://legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=New s&file=article&sid=215&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
So, I have Firefox installed and configured, and I begin testing out the new RSS features. The first time I hit a feed (in this case, my own LegRoom.net feed) I was prompted to accept a cookie from fusion.google.com. I didn't think much of it at first and instinctively denied it, but then I noticed the same prompt after a reinstall, and then again on each other feed I visited. This was clearly being triggered by Firefox itself and not by the feed website. I couldn't find any explanation for this behavior, so at this point I did what any good little geek would do: I fired up a copy of Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) and started sniffing network traffic. After a bit of analysis, I found that immediately after every feed page is loaded, Firefox makes call to Google.
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So, I have Firefox installed and configured, and I begin testing out the new RSS features. The first time I hit a feed (in this case, my own LegRoom.net feed) I was prompted to accept a cookie from fusion.google.com. I didn't think much of it at first and instinctively denied it, but then I noticed the same prompt after a reinstall, and then again on each other feed I visited. This was clearly being triggered by Firefox itself and not by the feed website. I couldn't find any explanation for this behavior, so at this point I did what any good little geek would do: I fired up a copy of Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) and started sniffing network traffic. After a bit of analysis, I found that immediately after every feed page is loaded, Firefox makes call to Google.
