On Oct 9, 2004, at 3:36 AM, James Fraser wrote:
One of the lesser known facts about Google (the search engine) is that when
you use it, the cookie it dumps on your box lasts quite awhile. In fact,
it's dated to expire in 2038. Why does a search engine need to dump a
cookie on your box that lasts so long? Isn't the information they gather
used "in the agregate" and not focused on individual end users? I'm not so
sure.
Because that persistent cookie is used to reference your preferences: whether safesearch is on or off, and the level it's at, your preferred language (did you know you can set the default language of google not only to a host of different languages, but even dialects, like Swedish Chef, Hacker, or Klingon?)
Can't do that without some means of persistently identifying you.
And now these same folks are providing an email service...
Peep this link...these folks put it better than I ever could:
http://www.gmail-is-too-creepy.com/
All they're lacking is a good set of tinfoil hat plans. These people shouldn't be using e-mail or the internet at all if they're so concerned. This is stuff by people who believe Hollyweird and stuff like 'Enemy of the State'.
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