Surely all savvy surfers have their cookies set for "allow for session". This was pretty much a reflex action back when the web was new. ...I wonder how the demographics for cookie settings break down now.
-Pete On Wed, 8 Jun 2011, Robert Stennett wrote: > > > > http://www.wfs.org/content/escaping-filter-bubble > > > > Escaping the Filter Bubble > > > > in > > Sci/Tech > > World Affairs > > By Eli Pariser > > > > The former executive director of MoveOn.org warns that more- > > personalized Internet searching may have hidden side effects. > > > > > > ELI PARISER > > Photo Credit: Jen Campbell > > With little notice or fanfare, the digital world is fundamentally > > changing. What was once an anonymous medium where anyone could be > > anyone�where, in the words of the famous New Yorker cartoon, nobody > > knows you�re a dog�is now a tool for soliciting and analyzing our > > personal data. According to one Wall Street Journal study, the top > > fifty Internet sites, from CNN to Yahoo to MSN, install an average > > of 64 data-laden cookies and personal tracking beacons each. Search > > for a word like �depression� on Dictionary.com, and the site > > installs up to 223 trackers tracking cookies and beacons on your > > computer so that other Web sites can target you with antidepressants > > ads. > > > > .....
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