[allwein]

The article's title is clearly linkbait. The gist of the article is that mobile safari is open to Evercookies. I wouldn't call the directly "sucking" at privacy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercookie

There are ways of tracking users even in browsers that don't suffer from Evercookie. If someone really wants to track you, they're going to be able to.

[tony_red]

The problem is that iPad does not clear your private information even if you insist on doing so. It is possible to prevent tracking just by using simple technics and by following general rules.

Check out this link too: http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/apple-location-tracking.htm...

[allwein]

Unless your simple techniques and general rules include disabling cookies, disabling javascript, disabling images, changing your IP between requests, changing your MAC between requests, and changing your User Agent between requests, you're still going to be trackable by anyone intent on doing so.

[tony_red]

Everything that you've described actually helps to track users better, because it contains a unique set of information. The simple technique is to be like everybody.