I don't really care who knows my buying habits. If they don't know my address or who I am, it doesn't much effect me
On 6/15/07, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have no problem with sites that use cookies to discover my habits. > > I love that Amazon always knows who I am and features listings on my > home page that are targeted to me. > > I wish every site did that. > > > > As long as cookies cant trawl my hard drive to see who I am and what my > > credit card number is, I am fine with it. > > A cookie is just a small text file so it can't do anything of the sort. > However, all it takes is a small browser bug, buffer overflow, etc to > allow an unscrupulous site to scavenge all of your cookies and track your > browsing habits in excruciating detail. Look through your cookies some > time and you'll be surprised what you find - sites you've never even heard > of that drop tracking cookies for others to load. Browsers other than IE > tend to be better there but there's really no harm in deleting cookies > periodically if you don't mind having to tell sites who you are again. > > -Jason, who also knows far too much about how cookies can be (ab)used. > > ----- > --- There are no absolute statements. I'm very probably wrong. --- > "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its > limits." > - Albert Einstein > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
