[ale] [OT]I think this is awesome, you may find it scary

[Pete Hardie]

I wonder if the anti-"hacking" laws might be harnessed to outlaw overly
persistent cookies - I'm not bothered by regular ones, but those Flask LSOs
and the other resurrecting ones are truly evil

Pete Hardie
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com>wrote:

> One of the reasons why I block all java script/flash on pages using No
> Script is the amount of information various sites collect for no reason.
> It is also why I remove all cookies and history every time I close my
> browser.
>
> Almost every site you go to has a Google Analytics script and many have
> another Google script not to mention the plethora of other marketing
> gathering scripts for various organizations.   I don't need them to
> advertise to me - If I'm interested I'll search for it.
>
> What is really annoying is that deleting cookies automatically apparently
> doesn't kill tracking cookies.  I have to run an anti-virus scan to catch
> and delete those though over this past weekend I did put in a filter that
> I'm hoping will prevent the worst of them in the first place.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Dennis Ruzeski
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:56 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] [OT]I think this is awesome, you may find it scary
>
> Marketing people call this "Behavioral Targeting".  I call it obnoxious.
>  You'll find that ads for that on almost any site that uses Google Ad-Sense
> that you browse to.
>
> --Dennis
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com>
> wrote:
> > So, we have been talking about cable modems in another thread. I have
> > replied to the thread, but I never searched for a product to reference
> > or anything like that. Now, when I go to amazon.com to order some more
> > "I'm too busy coding to get up and eat right now" bars. I see an ad
> > for the Motorola
> > 6141 SurfBoard Modem. I can only assume that Google scanned my Gmail
> > and caused this to happen. I've seen my searches in Google Shopping
> > and on Amazon affect Google adsense ads and Amazon ads respectively.
> > But, I've never seen such a crossover. Maybe it is a coincidence. I
> don't think it is.
> >
> > I think this is awesome. I know I am going to see ads when surfing the
> net.
> > I expect it. When the ads are well targeted, I like it. That's right.
> > I like ads! I go to my job and earn money so that I can buy geeky
> > stuff like Android tablets, RaspberryPi accessories, and flash drives
> > so small you can lose them inside a USB port. I like that I see ads
> > for these things instead of for Lexus and Tampax. I only wish my TV ads
> were so relevant.
> >
> > Okay, queue the "corporapist" rant.
> >
> > --
> > .!# RichardBronosky #!.
> >
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