Re: Bloody "cookies" and yahoo

From: Rich (rightwing_at_america1st.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:06:26 -0400

On 26 Oct 2004 20:37:01 -0700, myql@cheerful.com (Sky-High) wrote:

>Rich <rightwing@america1st.com> wrote in message news:<n2jrn0d8ktsnvk3uaar8j61lokocdkgvi9@4ax.com>...
>> I was on one of the yahoo astro groups and the stupid thing
>> kept prompting me to take a cookie (4 different ones each
>> time I accessed a post!). So finally, I relented, let it give me
>> one, then another one. Within 10 minutes this SPAM astro
>> stuff showed up on my screen.
>>
>> http://skyinsight.net/indexstd.html
>>
>> Well, moderator of that site, I will NEVER visit it now.
>>
>> IMO, a site should issue one cookie, if needed, for itself only.
>> Instead, they hide the true origin and turn your browser into
>> a free for all. The next step is browser highjacking which has
>> happened to me twice already.
>
>Rich,
>
>What kind of browser and version are you using? What OS is on your
>computer?

Mozilla. XP Pro.
>
>I am a member of 14 Yahoo! groups and have NEVER been asked to accept
>cookies.
>

You won't see them if the browser isn't set up to warn of them.
It will either accept them or it won't, or it can warn you.

>Install Ad-aware on your machine and those tracking cookies and web
>highjack attempts will cease to exist. Be proactive and let software
>work FOR you rather than against you.
>
>Span sucks,
>
>s-h

I have no problem with cookies with an origin like www.yahoo.com
but I DO have problem with them when their origin (despite the
fact I'm on yahoo) are sites like: www.advertise.com.
Cookies lead to pop-ups because they provide the information
needed to target you.

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