Re: [APML] New Hubble shots released

[Rob Miracle <rwm@photo-miracles.com>]

At 11:29 AM 4/29/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Guess I'm a privacy freak.  When I ran Ad-aware the first time it found 50
>apps tracking me.  I'm perfectly happy to re-enter info when in a site.  IMO
>they have no reason to set cookies on my computer if I request that they
>don't.  There are millions of sites that function perfectly without cookies
>even if they want to set them.

I used to work for a DOT Com that provided games to Internet 
customers.   We used cookies to make your experience better.   We would 
have your username and password so you didn't have to remember to log in 
every time for example.   Cookies help remember settings.   When you go to 
Mapquest, they remember your preferences through cookies for instance.

Ad companies figured out they could find what your preferences were by 
using cookies, but keep in mind, a company can only read their cookies, 
they can't read other cookies.   So they can only track what sites they run 
ads on that you've visited.   They can't get any personal information about 
you.   They can using statistics determine your habits and that lets them 
target advertising toward you.  Its not as evil as its lead to 
believe.  Yes its evil, but not that evil.

IE 6.0 supports 3rd party cookie blocks.   This lets you block cookies 
trying to be set from sites other than the base site you are 
visiting.   Basically this kills ad cookies while letting real ones that do 
good things for you work.


Rob
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Rob Miracle
Photographic Miracles
203 Carpenter Brook Dr.
Apex, NC 27502
http://www.photo-miracles.com


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