Hello Donal Your comments regarding Apple are actually along the lines of what I was thinking of when i talked about "Reputable companies". But as yet we have no proof and we don't want to be alarmist. But it's a well known fact that Google does this.
Lynne On 6 Sep 2011, at 08:38, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Thanks for this post Lynne, I've been looking for something like this. You're quite correct that Google, (and many others) put these things all over machines for the purposes of providing selective location-based advertising etc. Indeed, all kinds of rumours suggest Apple are not above doing this themselves. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
