Re: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-27 Thread Brian Reichert
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 10:03:04AM -0700, Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: > Now, I'm assuming that Apache has full access to these incoming packets. > Therefore, they must also have access to this invisible identifier. Is it > possible to extract that identifier somehow by tinkering with Apache? Most NA

RE: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Joe Breeden
privacy. DESCEND SOAPBOX Joe Breeden -- Sent from my Outlook 2000 Wired Deskheld (www.microsoft.com) -Original Message- From: Alex Porras Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 2:38 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Concepts of Unique Tracking Although I ag

RE: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Alex Porras
ge- > From: Stephen Adkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 1:14 PM > To: Jonathan Hilgeman; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Concepts of Unique Tracking > > > > How quickly we forget ... > > Don't we remember the huge outcr

RE: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Stephen Adkins
How quickly we forget ... Don't we remember the huge outcry over Intel putting a unique ID in every CPU which would could be transmitted via web browser and destroy all of our privacy? The frustration we feel as programmers who are trying to identify anonymous visitors is exactly what privacy i

RE: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Jonathan Hilgeman
an Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Concepts of Unique Tracking JH> Let's take over the world and recompile all browsers to have them send out JH> the MAC address of thet network card. .. and if I'm dialup user :) JH> Jonathan JH> -Original Message-

Re: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Ilya Martynov
May 25, 2001 10:42 AM JH> To: Jonathan Hilgeman JH> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' JH> Subject: Re: Concepts of Unique Tracking JH> Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: >> >> What about client-specific information available in Javascript, like JH> screen >> resolution, size

RE: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Jonathan Hilgeman
27; Subject: Re: Concepts of Unique Tracking Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: > > What about client-specific information available in Javascript, like screen > resolution, size, etc...? Can that be accessed by tinkering with Apache a > bit, or is it something only available because of the bro

Re: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Wim Kerkhoff
Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: > > What about client-specific information available in Javascript, like screen > resolution, size, etc...? Can that be accessed by tinkering with Apache a > bit, or is it something only available because of the browser, since > Javascript is dependent on the browser? I

RE: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Jonathan Hilgeman
: Jonathan Hilgeman Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Concepts of Unique Tracking On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 10:03:04AM -0700, Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: > Now, I'm assuming that Apache has full access to these incoming packets. > Therefore, they must also have access to this invisi

RE: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Jonathan Hilgeman
dependent on the browser? Jonathan -Original Message- From: Wim Kerkhoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 10:15 AM To: Jonathan Hilgeman Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Concepts of Unique Tracking Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: > Now, I'm assumi

Re: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread Wim Kerkhoff
Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: > Now, I'm assuming that Apache has full access to these incoming packets. > Therefore, they must also have access to this invisible identifier. Is it > possible to extract that identifier somehow by tinkering with Apache? The only thing that you can access from the webse

Re: Concepts of Unique Tracking

2001-05-25 Thread James G Smith
Jonathan Hilgeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Okay, after I think about it, there must be a way to identify a unique user, >even if they are behind a firewall. Let's run through this process: > >1) Person behind the firewall sends out a request to a web server. >2) The firewall intercepts that req