Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Tom Stiller Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Being tracked on the web Date: 22 Jan 2014 13:21:01 GMT Organization: Old Men With Beards Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <190120141930470622%YourName@YourISP.com> <200120141312386196%YourName@YourISP.com> <200120141815091237%YourName@YourISP.com> <200120141914536275%YourName@YourISP.com> <52dcc144$0$49605$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com> <210120140913508166%YourName@YourISP.com> <210120141325599944%YourName@YourISP.com> <210120141633073168%YourName@YourISP.com> <210120141856153392%YourName@YourISP.com> <52de0f3a$0$17142$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com> <210120141935083395%YourName@YourISP.com> <220120140911336957%YourName@YourISP.com> <220120141314529079%YourName@YourISP.com> <52df4da6$0$59785$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com> <220120141811442655%YourName@YourISP.com> Reply-To: clusterfux X-Trace: individual.net 02Bw3z53XUsX29nDmlzWKQMpvWie/VDtV7EPQIF+PCk397coEm Cancel-Lock: sha1:rnGXGaTijCTIdxZuuJkjE8P2c7M= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:55190 On 2014-01-22, Your Name wrote: > In article <52df4da6$0$59785$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com>, JF > Mezei wrote: >> On 14-01-21 19:14, Your Name wrote: >> > >> > The queue for tin-foil hats and back-woods cabins with no electricity >> > starts over there ... just past the flock of levitating porcines. :-\ >> >> While it is easy to joke about this, consider how a canadian was barred >> from entering the USA because of a joke he had made on Twitter about >> blowing up and airport after being stranded on tarmac for hour due to >> delays. >> >> >> So NSA's computers were able to associate the twitter account to a >> passport (likely based on fact the person had boarded a flight at that >> airport on that date). >> >> It is all tin foil material until it happens to you. > > The Twitter account likely had his name on it AND it was flagged by > "terrorist activity" wording. Whether he was joking or not, it's better > to be safe. > > Again, this was not a normal, everyday person doing simple Google > searches, visiting websites, etc. When you perform a Google search, > Google does not and cannot know anything about you, let alone bother to > share it even if they wanted to waste such massive amounts of time > doing so. :-\ Bullshit. The Google Analytics tracker is installed on almost every website you visit. It, along with dozens of other trackers track what websites you visit and what pages you view. Visit for some additional info on tracking companies.