Tell us how to do this. I am on Firefox. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pete Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 5:52 PM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] Escaping the Filter Bubble | World Future Society
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 > > anyonewhere, in the words of the famous New Yorker cartoon, nobody > > knows youre a dogis 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. > > > > ..... _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
