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Subject: Re: This site uses a "web bug"

Author: Andy Serpa

Date: 14:34:52 11/28/01

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On November 28, 2001 at 11:46:22, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On November 27, 2001 at 19:25:16, Andy Serpa wrote:
>
>>On November 27, 2001 at 12:31:25, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>On November 26, 2001 at 21:27:00, Sally Weltrop wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 25, 2001 at 16:55:17, Sally Weltrop wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 25, 2001 at 09:38:10, Anthony Boynes wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On November 25, 2001 at 03:51:31, Andy Serpa wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hmmm...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thoughts:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>1) According to the definition offered at Bugnosis.org, the FIDE counter does
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What a dodo I;ve been ... IE6 blocks all these things anyway,heehee
>>>
>>>
>>>Sally -- could you please elaborate on IE6's feature(s) in this area?  Thanks!
>>
>>I'm not Sally, but IE6 has a new "Privacy" tab in the settings that has various
>>options for blocking cookies -- the default "medium" setting will block cookies
>>that don't have a privacy policy associated with them (not sure how that works)
>>or that use personally identifible info.  A little icon appears in the bottom
>>status bar if you are on a web page where at least one cookie is being blocked.
>>You can exempt or restrict specific domains regardless of your general
>>setting...
>
>
>Aren't web bugs a different animal from cookies?

They are a way of *using* cookies -- block the cookies, you block the bug.



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