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Some Web Firms Say They Track Behavior Without Explicit Consent

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posted on Aug, 12 2008 @ 09:29 AM
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Some Web Firms Say They Track Behavior Without Explicit Consent


www.washingtonpost.com

Several Internet and broadband companies have acknowledged using targeted-advertising technology without explicitly informing customers, according to letters released yesterday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

And Google, the leading online advertiser, stated that it has begun using Internet tracking technology that enables it to more precisely follow Web-surfing behavior across affiliated sites.

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posted on Aug, 12 2008 @ 09:29 AM
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Despite the so-called demographic collectors these tracking programs claim to be, a very real privacy crisis could be brewing here. The amount of people touched by Yahoo and Google is astronomical.

www.washingtonpost.com
(visit the link for the full news article)



posted on Aug, 12 2008 @ 01:55 PM
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Originally posted by round_eyed_dog


Despite the so-called demographic collectors these tracking programs claim to be, a very real privacy crisis could be brewing here. The amount of people touched by Yahoo and Google is astronomical.

www.washingtonpost.com
(visit the link for the full news article)


And?



posted on Aug, 12 2008 @ 02:04 PM
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Originally posted by Truther

Originally posted by round_eyed_dog


Despite the so-called demographic collectors these tracking programs claim to be, a very real privacy crisis could be brewing here. The amount of people touched by Yahoo and Google is astronomical.

www.washingtonpost.com
(visit the link for the full news article)


And?


Wow, that brought a lot to the table Truther.



The implications here are quite worrying. There is something quite unsettling about this being so out in the open. Typecrimes perhaps?



posted on Aug, 12 2008 @ 02:18 PM
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Every time I run a malware scan on my computer, which is at least once a week, it reports over 100 tracking cookies. Most of them are attached by companies that do nothing but tag you with these cookies to create salable stats on web usage. Let's start there, with active tracking.



posted on Aug, 12 2008 @ 02:23 PM
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Hmm. Where is doubleclick on that list? I guess it got absorbed by AOL LLC or something, right? That place always tracked my behavior and told me what stories I should read, or should have read. It got to the point where news headlines were already marked as read because doubleclick figured I'd read them eventually. So I quit using those websites.




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