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Re: Being tracked on the web

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Being tracked on the web
Date 2014-01-23 08:56 +1300
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <230120140856465666%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
References (19 earlier) <lbmoeh$oo5$1@dont-email.me> <220120141314529079%YourName@YourISP.com> <52df4da6$0$59785$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com> <220120141811442655%YourName@YourISP.com> <bk9uttF48emU1@mid.individual.net>

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In article <bk9uttF48emU1@mid.individual.net>, Tom Stiller
<clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2014-01-22, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > In article <52df4da6$0$59785$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> > Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> 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 <http://www.abine.com/donottrackme/faq/2/> for some additional info on
> tracking companies.

And yet again, it is not and cannot track *you* - it has absolutely no
personal details about you at all. It does "track" what the computer /
device is doing. These nutters who claim their personal information is
being sold to other companies simply because they are browsing
websites, etc. are simply moronic idiots who have no idea what they're
talking about.

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Being tracked on the web John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-18 21:50 -0800
  Re: Being tracked on the web Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-01-18 22:27 -0800
    Re: Being tracked on the web Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-19 00:09 -0800
      Re: Being tracked on the web Joanna Shuttleworth <js@example.com> - 2014-01-19 09:58 +0000
        Re: Being tracked on the web Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-19 12:17 -0800
      Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-19 04:59 -0500
  Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-19 19:30 +1300
    Re: Being tracked on the web Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-01-19 15:32 -0600
      Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-20 13:12 +1300
        Re: Being tracked on the web Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-20 00:14 +0000
        Re: Being tracked on the web Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-01-19 19:12 -0800
          Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-20 18:15 +1300
            Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-20 00:29 -0500
              Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-20 19:14 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-20 01:25 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-21 09:13 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-20 15:22 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-21 13:25 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-20 19:28 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-01-20 18:13 -0800
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-21 16:29 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-21 00:10 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-01-20 22:57 -0800
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-22 09:12 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-01-21 23:13 -0800
                Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-20 21:51 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-21 16:33 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-20 22:48 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-21 18:43 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-21 18:56 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-21 01:10 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-21 19:35 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-21 03:29 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-22 09:11 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-21 16:13 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-22 13:14 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-21 21:22 +0000
                Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-21 16:22 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-22 13:14 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-21 19:40 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-22 16:53 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-22 16:30 +0000
                Re: Being tracked on the web JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-21 23:48 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-22 18:11 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-22 13:21 +0000
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-23 08:56 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2014-01-22 12:35 -0800
                Re: Being tracked on the web Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-22 22:24 +0000
                Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-22 17:47 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-23 13:02 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2014-01-22 19:45 -0800
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-23 18:19 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-22 23:34 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-23 18:26 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-23 12:35 +0000
                Re: Being tracked on the web Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-01-23 05:48 -0800
                Re: Being tracked on the web JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-22 16:09 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-23 13:08 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-22 23:37 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-23 18:24 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-23 01:04 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-23 19:15 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-23 03:16 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-22 22:19 +0000
                Re: Being tracked on the web Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-23 02:15 +0000
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-22 18:16 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web "Thomas R. Kettler" <tkettler@blownfuse.net> - 2014-01-22 09:43 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-21 17:22 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-22 13:14 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-20 23:25 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-21 00:10 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-01-20 16:10 -0800
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-21 16:34 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-20 23:36 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-21 18:48 +1300
                Re: Being tracked on the web nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-21 00:10 -0500
                Re: Being tracked on the web JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-21 00:56 -0500
  Re: Being tracked on the web JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-19 03:37 -0500
  Re: Being tracked on the web dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-19 20:25 +1100
    Re: Being tracked on the web Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-01-19 14:20 -0500
      Re: Being tracked on the web Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-19 12:26 -0800
  Re: Being tracked on the web Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-19 13:27 +0000
  Re: Being tracked on the web Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-01-19 11:02 -0500
  Re: Being tracked on the web me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-01-19 16:08 +0000
    Re: Being tracked on the web John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-19 08:24 -0800
  Re: Being tracked on the web Earl Grey <earl@t.net> - 2014-01-19 12:43 -0500
    Re: Being tracked on the web Joe Wolf Dee <joedid@email.com> - 2014-01-19 12:46 -0500
  Re: Being tracked on the web Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-19 18:54 +0000
    Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-19 18:06 -0500
      Re: Being tracked on the web Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-20 00:03 +0000
  Re: Being tracked on the web John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2014-01-19 13:49 -0500
    Re: Being tracked on the web J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-19 18:12 -0500
      Re: Being tracked on the web John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2014-01-20 14:57 -0500

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