Commercial data collection and redirection.What's the worst way cookies are abused? I want to know if I should get exercised about them...
By reading your browser habits you might be redirected by
a specific site to pages they feel more likely to encourage you to spend money.
I should imagine that security agencies also periodically scan and sift browsing habits to see if you are reading 'Jihad for fun and prophet'.
So the latest spook data mining project is probably using cookies and supercookies as part of their arsenal. I have no evidence for this but it would seem sensible.
Does not worry me. Does not need to worry the average Puppy.
Tin-hats are quaking at the possibilities of data collection imaginings . . .