Microsoft and Yahoo are selling us to politicians, Facebook and Google are keeping ou

Discussion in 'privacy general' started by vasa1, Jun 14, 2012.

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  1. vasa1

    vasa1 Registered Member

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    vasa1, Jun 14, 2012
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    Not amusing at all. They are all at one way or another. Make sense to keep ads blockers well maintained.
     
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    "It's ironic to learn that Microsoft trafficks in voter data, given that only last week the company was lauded for its announcement that Internet Explorer 10 will support Do Not Track by default."

    o_O :rolleyes:
     
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    No surprise there really. DNT does nothing; it's only a... I got no words actually. :D But, DNT only says Hey stupid, I don't want to be tracked. Then, the tracking service thinks Yeah, you wish!. Good luck with DNT. :argh:

    So, IE10 enabling DNT by default means nothing of whatsoever, so it shouldn't be a surprise that Microsoft does something like what's mentioned in the article. :ouch:
     
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    Hey ... that's some catch; that catch 22 ... ;)
     
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    It will never stop. Ads are the bane of society. Wish I could use Adblock Plus everywhere not just on my computer.
     
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    By the way, I'm wondering if IE10 will actually have it enabled by default.

    -http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Do-Not-Track-should-not-be-enabled-by-default-says-W3C-proposal-1615978.html
     
    m00nbl00d, Jun 15, 2012
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