Ok, I hate getting junk mail and getting tracked as well, so I tend to avoid registering for a lot and often use sites like anonymizer.com to surf anonymously.
But first of all, less scrupulous web managers can get a LOT of the info from the registration without asking you for anything, especially if they start using things like "web bugs". And secondly, a newspaper has no obligation to offer you up to date online content for free. Their reporters and editors do have to get paid somehow, and that can either be by subscription fee or by advertising. Of course, since most commercial newspapers make at least a good portion of their money from advertisers, being tracked is of much less concern to me than where their priorities lie. If I'm paying nothing (or next to it) and the advertisers are paying the bills, what becomes more important to their business - the truth or advertiser's interests? But anyway, based on what they said, if you want to be private but still get free news from the strib, either register with a "junk" email address while using some sort of anonymizer or play around with disabling cookies and javascript. - Jason Goray Sheridan NE __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
