It is virtually impossible to surf without being tracked. Cookies have been replaced with E-tags, Flash storage, http headers, offline storage and a bunch of other tricks that even make "private" browsing simple enough to track.
You can google (or duckduckgo :) for "Universal Cookie" or "SuperCookie" whatever paranoid phrase might come to mind to find many stories like: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/07/undeletable-cookie/ http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/238895/how_to_protect_yourself_from_supercookies.html https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/how-your-web-browser-rats-you-out-online.ars (or not, should your search engine be hiding them from you ;) On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > I've noticed for a while now adverts appearing in other pages that were the > same as I had looked at on purpose previously. Yet I have third party > cookies disabled > Al > > -----Original Message----- > > > Sent myself a link on making home applicances last longer, and as soon > as I clicked Send an ad for Sears showed up, hit F5 to reload the page > and Electrolux (vacuums) showed up... F5 again and an ad for 401K > management services appeared - the prior email I had sent was on my > 401K... > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4vQATDeLRt6DwXFTZ=wngb+97sa_a2joort_ht-cz6...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
