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A web bug is an object that is embedded in a web page or email and is usually invisible to the user but allows checking that a user has viewed the page or email One common use is in email tracking. Alternative names are web beacon, tracking bug, and tag or page tag. Common names for web bugs implemented through an embedded image include tracking pixel, pixel tag, 1×1 gif, and clear gif.
6. What information is sent to a server when a Web Bug is viewed?
The IP address of the computer that fetched the Web Bug
The URL of the page that the Web Bug is located on
The URL of the Web Bug image
The time the Web Bug was viewed
The type of browser that fetched the Web Bug image
A previously set cookie value
A Web Bug can be found by viewing the HTML source code of a Web page and searching for IMG tags. A Web Bug will typically have its HEIGHT and WIDTH parameters in the IMG tag set to 1. Also for the tag to be a bug, the image should be loaded from a different server then the rest of the Web page.
friskydingo Wrote:
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> Did Harry Tuttle make them? what are they?
> dangerous? what do they do? how do they work?