Just how do websites track or monitor our activity?

Just how do websites track or monitor our activity?That question covers a lot of ground, from cookies to *IP tracking. It also misses a couple of areas that are worth thinking about as well. One important thing for most people: you, as an individual, just aren't that interesting. It's pretty likely no one really cares where you go or what you do. Let's see what they might care about, and the ways that they can collect it.




*An Internet Protocol (IP) address is your computer's numerical identification.