Re: How prevent outside access to user information?

From: chris@nospam.com
Date: 11/10/02 

From: chris@nospam.com
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 11:07:41 -0800

On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 10:08:16 -0500, tom <tmaier_spam@k2services.com>
wrote:

>lrcargill3@insightbb.com wrote:
>> sounds like your ISP sold you out!
>>
>>
>> but the web sites cannot "look" onto your computer and get your email
>> address while you are online. Nor can they get an email address out
>> of an IP. I wonder if cookies can store it and spread it around?
>>
>
>
>Browser cookies can store any type of information, but the
>way the system is supposed to work is that only the URL that
>put the cookie information into the browser is able to retrieve
>it. So, if you hit a web page and it asked you for some information,
>that site can put the information back onto your system in your
>cookie file and they can access it the next time you hit their
>site.

True, but most commercial sites use third-party advertisements. It's
the third party ad webhost that supplies cookies and tracks your ip.
The fact that the 3rd party company is used by numerous commercial
sites means that they can track you across sites.

-Chris

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