A fascinating article about user “fingerprinting.” Basically it looks at the way you have your computer and browser setup in order to “profile” your activity on the web. It has nothing to do with cookies, and the more you customize your settings (presumably to prevent identification) the more unique you become (at least until everyone does it).
Anyway, a great read.
You’re concerned about your online privacy, and you do all the right things to keep from being tracked around the Web: purge your cookies regularly, clean out Flash “supercookies,” even switch to browsers like Browzar, which lets you “search and surf the web without leaving traces on your computer.” Doesn’t matter—your browser is giving you away.
Thoughts and Thoughts 
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