and another thing - microsoft is the one that built an OS using MSIE
that uses cookies that cannot be permanently deleted without having to
boot to another OS to delete them. Netscape cookies are EASY to
delete, one file to recycle bin. and even though some cookies are
good, i have found plenty that interfere with my day to day privacy.
if i put an ad banner on on my site, it is the cookies that prevent me
from clicking on the banner, even if it is something in the banner
that i would purchase, because the cookie knows that banner is on my
site and and i am the one who is clicking on it, i get a message that
sends me to my banner stats instead of the advertiser of the product i
am interested in. and i cannot delete that cookie without booting to
dos. that is just plain WRONG. if i want to click on my own site's
banners, microsoft has no business building an OS that prevents that.
but Microsoft did - not http://grc.com/downloaders.htm or any other
non-authoritative source you want to mention. they did it on purpose.
that is the clearest invasion of privacy i have ever seen. and i am
glad the justice department found them guilty - they are!
Kireau Kendrick
The Cybercafe Search Engine
Cafe Cybercaptive, San Mateo, CA
http://cybercaptive.com
> if you look at http://grc.com/downloaders.htm I think you will agree
it does
> not mention Microsoft but other companies that trace and report on
your
> usage. If MS did it this site would have reported it by now - go
figure
>
> These are the private views of Scott Carrie and not associated with
> Microsoft in any way
>
> Scott
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