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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Being tracked on the web
Date: 21 Jan 2014 21:22:11 GMT
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On 2014-01-21, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> In article <lblb5a$lln$1@dont-email.me>, J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
>> On 1/21/14, 1:35 AM, Your Name wrote:
>> > In article <52de0f3a$0$17142$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com>, JF
>> > Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Google may not be able to put a name to "you", but they don't need to,
>> >> because the cookies allow them to track "you" by a number/ID.
>> >
>> > Nope, they are following what is being done on the device ... if that
>> > device is used by multiple people, then obviously it can't be tracking
>> > "you". If you use a computer in the library, then you may well get
>> > adverts for poodles because the previous person was looking for
>> > information on poodles.
>> >
>> > Which is still beside the point that "you" are not tracked
>> > individually, nor are you individually identifiable, and nor is any
>> > personal data being obtained nor sold to anyone else ... such things
>> > are simply a load of nonsense and scare tactics.
>> >
>> Wikipedia says the internet has made it easier to collect PII through 
>> breaches in internet security, network security, and web browser 
>> security, leading to a profitable market.
>> 
>> If you have a social networking page, your browser's referrer header 
>> could make your name available.  If any site has your name, I imagine 
>> there could be a way for a snoop to get your name and tie it to your 
>> browsing. Not long ago, it was discovered that snoops were extracting 
>> browsing histories from some browsers.
>
> The queue for tin-foil hats and back-woods cabins with no electricity
> starts over there ... just past the flock of levitating porcines.  :-\

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