meet. reporter: teresa payton spends her days in cyber security and runs fortalice solutions. we all shop online every day. we do. in this case, we start off on google search, go to a retailer an look for black boots and end up on macy s. the trackers wake up, start to look at what are you looking senate how long are you on the web page? reporter: 24 third parties tracked looking for black boots? that s right. just from google and macy s. reporter: those third parties are gathering data using to market it to us or selling web habits and then check the news of the day and there s the ad. they track you. they know you. they know you re searching for boots. reporter: 96 third parties are tracking us? that s right. that s after only visiting four sites. reporter: 96 third parties after visiting 4 sites. every swipe of the finger,
user. it looks like the national security agency is secretly using tools that allow internet users to track consumers. it shows the nsa and british koufrnter parts are piggybacking on technology advertisers use to target advertising to people they consider suspicious. it not only allows them to monitor a person s web habits it guides hacking software to the computer. the documents show they are using tracking technology for mobile apps and operating systems to help it locate mobile devices around the world. they declined to comment on the reports but issued a statement quote as we said before nsa within the lawful commission to protect the united states uses intelligence tools to understand the intent of foreign
from north korea. what do you make about newman and his apology? two things, first of all, technically the war is not over. they are going look at him as an enmy combatant, which is bad news. secondly, in his so-called information he was recontacting networks in north korea, which is propostrouse, really. they are not using him to set up networks in north korea. the north koreans are reaching on this. it s an irrational government. who knows what they are going to do next. let s turn back to snowden and the snowden documents. what is the bigger deal, that the nsa tracked the websites, web habits of suspected militants or that the u.s. was spying on world leaders during the g-20? spying on anybody connected with terrorism, you can do anything you want, frankly, in
reporter: at some point, anyone with a computer will likely search the web, and maybe once in awhile click on that history button and clear it. but as we now know, that doesn t really clean your slate. many search engines and websites methodically track your usage, sharing information with advertisers, who target you with specific ads, and sometimes the government peeks in, too, as we ve learned from the scandal involving the national security agency. now, search engines offering privacy are seeing a spike in business. like duck duck go, where use nearly doubled in recent weeks. it handles user queries but doesn t store the information so there s nothing to share with advertisers, and nothing for the government to see about you or your web habits. we always knew that people didn t want to be tracked. but the problem is they don t really know what to do about it. i mean people want private alternatives but they don t want a lot of sacrifice. so now people are hearing that they can s
advertisers, and sometimes the government peeks in, too, as we ve learned from the scandal involving the national security agency. well, some search engines offer privacy, and they re now seeing a spike in business with, they say, like duck, duck go which saw its use nearly double in recent weeks, it handles queries but doesn t store the information. it has nothing to give the government on you or your web habits. we always knew that people didn t want to be tracked, but the problem is they don t really know what to do about it. people want private alternatives, but they don t want a lot of sacrifice, so now people are hearing they can switch and get great results and great privacy. well, some critics will tell you this spike in use is temporary and minuscule compared to the big search engines. duck duck go might handle three million a day now, but google handles more than a billion questions from around the globe every single day. and cyber experts on security say there will alway