Jonathan Mayer and the Zombie Cookie

Jonathan Mayer '09 is a Princeton grad, computer scientist, lawyer and web privacy advocate.  He is also one of Forbes "30 Under 30" for 2014.  Over the last couple of months, he has been investigating how companies track users through controversial new "Zombie cookies" that most users probably do not know exist and are hard to delete, even if you are aware of them.  For further technical details, read the Sacramento Bee, the Princeton Alumni Weekly or follow up on Mayer's blog.