Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 02:28:31 06/30/00
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On June 30, 2000 at 04:38:25, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >You should download IDCIde, from http://www.idcide.com; it blocks cookies (any >decent browser can do that) on different levels or completely. But more >interesting, it network tracks and groups them. > >You'll be amazed to look at the tracking stats. > >An example: I daily visit http://www.calvinandhobbes.com, an innocent cartoon of >a little boy and his tiger. >The site has some 10 trackers at a time, with the well known doubleclick and so >on. > >If you look at the sites that say doubleclick follows you over the net any >sucker could make up a profile of your interests on the net (and probably in >real life) that's over 90% accurate. > >I was very well known to cookies, but until IDCide I never fully appreciated >their cleverness. > >Jeroen ;-} There is a freeware program called Zone Alarm. It is capable of making you roam the net in stealth. I have logged on a few times and have had this program block communication from sites I have not been to in months
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