Re: Protesting google groups

On 7 Aug 2005 13:23:24 -0700, matt271829-news@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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>quasi wrote:
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>> (1) Google's cookie is hidden differently -- that is, it's not a
>> normal cookie which is erased if you delete all cookies and similarly,
>> it's not blocked if you block cookies.
>
>This is certainly news to me. Can anyone verify that this is true? If
>such a mechanism existed then surely all dubious websites would use it?
>What's special about Google? It can't do anything other sites can't.
>(UNLESS you've installed some Google software of course, such as a
>toolbar perhaps, in which case that software can do whatever the hell
>it likes. In that case it's like anything else you install: if you
>trust it then install it, if you don't then don't.)

Yes, what you say makes sense -- without the toolbar they should have
no special powers, so therefore the claim of a specially hidden cookie
is doubtful.

But they don't really need it -- if they transmit the machine ID,
machine hardware configuration, and IP address for each search, then
they should be able to identify you the next time you search, and
therefore continue to collect data on you, even if you deleted their
cookie.

quasi
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