Author: mikeperry Date: 2011-04-27 22:12:07 +0000 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011) New Revision: 24687

Modified: projects/articles/browser-privacy/W3CIdentity.tex Log: Clarify a paragraph.

Modified: projects/articles/browser-privacy/W3CIdentity.tex =================================================================== --- projects/articles/browser-privacy/W3CIdentity.tex 2011-04-27 21:33:27 UTC (rev 24686) +++ projects/articles/browser-privacy/W3CIdentity.tex 2011-04-27 22:12:07 UTC (rev 24687) @@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ utilize everything they can to build complete portraits of users' identities~\cite{tracking-identity}.

-Despite what the user may believe, her actual web identity then is a -superset of all the stored identifiers and authentication tokens used by the -browser. This identity can link a user's activity in one instance to her -activity in another instance, be it across time, or even on the very same page -due to multiple content origins. +Despite what the user may believe, her actual web identity then is a superset +of all stored identifiers and authentication tokens used by the browser. This +identity can link a user's activity in one instance to her activity in another +instance, be it across time, or even on a single page due to common prevalent +third-party content origins.

Therefore, instead of viewing the user's identity as the sum of her identifiers, or as her relationship to individual websites, it is best to