Manhattanite Files Suit for Web 'Sniffing Attack'
A Manhattan woman is claiming that her privacy rights were violated in a Web “sniffing attack,” when an online ad company downloaded a program onto her computer that tracked her Web surfing.
Sonal Bose filed suit in Manhattan Federal Court Thursday, charging that Interclick, the ad company, surreptitiously monitored her Internet activity using a program called “flash cookie,” which was put on her computer without her knowledge or permission.
“We know the Internet is ad supported, but we don’t think it has to be supported this way.
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