Peter Lairo wrote: > Bamm Gabriana wrote: > >> However I don't see anything wrong with ns doing this - it >> is only counting searches. > > > There is something *terribly* wrong with this. It is shocking that many > will not see this. > > Netscape is tracking everybodies search terms and their *IP* addresses. > They now can assemble a database of what you are interested in and *who > you are*!!! > > As the article correctly concludes, this is "a sleazy practice". :( :( :( > > I hope they choke on this.
[NOTE: This post is in fact a reply on a similar subject about the same news article in a Netscape news group, but I don't think Peter Lairo has seen it, so I quote myself. (Sorry for sort of cross posting.) /P.M.] Holger Metzger wrote: > > I summarized my findings here: <http://www.hmetzger.de/spying.html> > > Holger > Thank you for this clarifying article, but I'm afraid not all posters here bothered to read it. You can tell by the panic... more than 30 replies in this hysterical thread... Redirection is not new to Netscape. Below is an excerpt of a Navigator 4.08 bookmarks file. As all can see, even in the good old days, you got transferred via the Netscape server. Nobody complained at that time. The difference now, is that even the search terms may be collected by Netscape folks. I'm not sure though, that these people are really interested, whether an end user is searching for "logistics" or "lolitas". (Probably the Google folks are, since they want to sell ads, but they know how to collect statistics themselves.) Where ever did the idea come from, that you should be anonymous on the Internet? You never were, and you never will be. If you don't like to be "spied" upon, then lock yourself behind the toilet door and read a book! ----------------- Original bookmarks file in Communicator 4.08 ----- <DT><A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_08/infoseek.html"; ADD_DATE="962534491" LAST_VISIT="0" LAST_MODIFIED="0">Infoseek</A> <DT><A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_08/looksmart.html"; ADD_DATE="962534491" LAST_VISIT="0" LAST_MODIFIED="0">LookSmart</A> <DT><A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_08/lycos.html"; ADD_DATE="962534491" LAST_VISIT="0" LAST_MODIFIED="0">Lycos</A> <DT><A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_08/netscapesearch.html"; ADD_DATE="962534491" LAST_VISIT="0" LAST_MODIFIED="0">Netscape Search</A> </DL><p> <HR> <DT><H3 ADD_DATE="962534491">Business and Finance</H3> <DL><p> <DT><A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_08/businessjournal.html"; ADD_DATE="962534491" LAST_VISIT="0" LAST_MODIFIED="0">Business Journal</A> <DT><A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_08/careercenter.html"; ADD_DATE="962534491" LAST_VISIT="0" LAST_MODIFIED="0">Career Center</A> <DT><A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_08/cbsmarketwatch.html"; ADD_DATE="962534491" LAST_VISIT="0" LAST_MODIFIED="0">CBS.MarketWatch</A> <DT><A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_08/datekonline.html"; ADD_DATE="962534491" LAST_VISIT="0" LAST_MODIFIED="0">Datek Online</A> <DT><A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_08/dbusiness.html"; ADD_DATE="962534491" LAST_VISIT="0" LAST_MODIFIED="0">dbusiness.com</A> <DT><A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_08/gartnergroup.html"; ADD_DATE="962534491" LAST_VISIT="0" LAST_MODIFIED="0">Gartner Group Interactive</A> -- /P.M.
