Begin forwarded message: From: Rodney Joffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: January 9, 2006 6:11:13 PM EST To: Lauren Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [IP] more on Another new Google twist.. Hi Lauren, On Jan 9, 2006, at 1:36 PM, David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: January 9, 2006 2:41:01 PM EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IP] Another new Google twist.. This is not entirely a straightforward situation. First, such history displays are almost certainly based on cookies, so persons who do not allow Google cookies are unlikely to see such output. (Note however that this is a separate issue from Google's internal logs of user search activity presumably tied to IP addresses.)
But wait, there's more. I have also been noticing seemingly random but frequent attempts to trigger firefox connections to various planetlabs machines (http://www.planet-lab.org/) as a result of Google searches. I think it is admirable that Google is supporting the research world but were it not for my "littleSnitch" application, I would have had no idea. Nor do I know what Google is triggering, or what data is being forwarded to the planetlabs network, or why - I haven't bothered to stop it thus far. Have you noticed this? "Googling" for this brings up general hints showing Google's involvement, but I can't find any official note in Google's help pages or FAQ.
Machines include: Server: planet3.seattle.intel-research.net (12.17.136.138) Server: planetlab2.ls.fi.upm.es (138.100.12.149) Server: planetlab2.eecs.umich.edu (141.213.4.202) Server: planetlab1.pop-rs.rnp.br (200.132.0.69) Server: planetlab1.pop-rs.rnp.br (200.132.0.70) ---------------------------------------------- Rodney Joffe CenterGate Research Group, LLC. http://www.centergate.com "Technology so advanced, even we don't understand it!"(R) ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [email protected] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
