in the context of web and network privacy and acceptable use policy is
Internet privacy
Evercookies , created by Samy Kamkar , are JavaScript - based applications which produce cookies in a web browser that actively `` resist '' deletion by redundantly copying themselves in different forms on the user 's machine ( e.g. , Flash Local Shared Objects , various HTML5 storage mechanisms , window.name caching , etc . ) , and resurrecting copies that are missing or expired . Evercookie accomplishes this by storing the cookie data in several types of storage mechanisms that are available on the local browser . It has the ability to store cookies in over ten types of storage mechanisms so that once they are on one 's computer they will never be gone . Additionally , if evercookie has found the user has removed any of the types of cookies in question , it recreates them using each mechanism available . Evercookies are one type of zombie cookie . However , modern browsers and anti-malware software can now block or detect and remove such cookies . Anti-fraud
Evercookies , created by Samy Kamkar , are JavaScript - based applications which produce cookies in a web browser that actively `` resist '' deletion by redundantly copying themselves in different forms on the user 's machine ( e.g. , Flash Local Shared Objects , various HTML5 storage mechanisms , window.name caching , etc . ) , and resurrecting copies that are missing or expired . Evercookie accomplishes this by storing the cookie data in several types of storage mechanisms that are available on the local browser . It has the ability to store cookies in over ten types of storage mechanisms so that once they are on one 's computer they will never be gone . Additionally , if evercookie has found the user has removed any of the types of cookies in question , it recreates them using each mechanism available . Evercookies are one type of zombie cookie . However , modern browsers and anti-malware software can now block or detect and remove such cookies . Anti-fraud