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My first thought was this scenario:

Company A with software X.

Employees from Company A defect to Company B and "recreate" software X. Hence Traitorware!

Have to start clicking before thinking.

But getting on track with topic, we could also consider cookies a somewhat primitive form of Traitorware...

Cookies are often used for good. Based on the examples in the article, "traitorware" as herein termed is a specific implementation of a technology that betrays its user, and not the component parts that make up that software. So, a cookie may be part of traitorware (say, an ad network that tracks your movements across every page it can (Facebook)), but cookies themselves are not traitorware.

Facebook tracks your movement across every page with a Facebook asset? Does Google do something like this as well?

Word is that Facebook assigns a unique ID to anyone that visits a page with a Like button on it and reports back, whether you're logged in to Facebook or not, or even whether you're a member of Facebook or not.

Many ad networks try that to varying degrees, Google may own or run some, I don't know.

Cookies are being exploited more and more for just personalization by other sites using Facebook cookies or the like - not sure if this is quasi-legal or just a full loophole.

Did I say something wrong? I'd really like to know.

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