Google and other advertisers used ‘a special code' to bypass Safari privacy restrictions

. Google and other leading advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of unknowing Safari users, reports the Wall Street Journal. Using "a special code," the companies were able to bypass the browser's privacy restrictions and install cookies on a user's computer, even when such actions were supposed to be blocked. Companies such as Google use cookies to track browsing habits across websites that it places advertisements on. Apple's Safari Web browser blocks these third-party cookies by default, only allowing them on a website that a user directly interacts with.

Boy Genius Report, Google and other advertisers used ‘a special code' to bypass Safari privacy restrictions