[Info-vax] Now that's targeted advertising!

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <maefss$gde$1 at dont-email.me>,
	David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> Jojimbo wrote:
>> Browsing my local newspaper site and guess what ad Amazon displayed? Vms internals and data structures!  This internet thing is getting more creepy all the time. Jim
> 
> I haven't actually researched it, just observed.  When I look at a 
> product, perhaps on selected web sites, I believe that something is 
> stored on my computer, possibly a "cookie", and in future use of a 
> browser, ads for that product appear.
> 
> An interesting idea, putting in front of you things in which you've 
> showed a prior interest.
> 
> Some might consider this "intrusive".  I'm still rather neutral about 
> it.  Just because it's on the screen doesn't mean I have to read it.

Repeat message!!!

Privacy Badger

https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

Specifically designed to deal with these "tracking cookies".

Realizing that tracking cookies are just like "Robots.txt" on a web server.
You can tell sites not to track you but there is no way for you to enforce
that with the system as built.  Privacy Badger attempts to fill this gap.
It's not perfect, but it helps.

bill

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