How does one look through one's cookies in Blazer? On 6/17/07, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Guess again. > > No, I'm not kidding. As I said - look through your cookies and you'll be > surprised at what you'll find. > > > On Sat, 16 Jun 2007, Victor Grazi wrote: > > > Well, they wouldn't know it was you! > > > > On 6/15/07, Craig Froehle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<craig.froehle%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > >> > >> Man, if someone found out about me buying habits, I'd be in hot > >> water...that nun fetish doesn't sit well with the missus. ;-) > >> > >> > >> On 6/15/07, Victor Grazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <vgrazi%40gmail.com>> wrote: > >>> 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] <treo2%40jasons.us>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <vgrazi%40gmail.com> 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] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Yahoo! Groups Links > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. > >> > >> > >> > >> Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > -- > -Jason > > ----- > --- There are no absolute statements. I'm very probably wrong. --- > "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its > limits." > - Albert Einstein > > >
-- Scott W. Allen <*"If you keep doing what you've always done You'll keep getting what you've always got."*> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
