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Old 03-06-05, 21:44
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Default Yahoo "cookie" tracks users online

"Yahoo is using something called "Web beacons" or a "super cookie" that tracks not only where its users go on the Yahoo network but also tracks where they go outside of the Yahoo network using a persistent file on the hard drive."

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Old 03-06-05, 22:14
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They keep changing the url

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oops I'm busted!
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Old 03-07-05, 00:19
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oops I'm busted!
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have you been makin cookies too? :
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Old 03-07-05, 02:12
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"Weekly Web wonder: Go to www.mozilla.org to download Firefox, the new browser, and some cool plug-ins. I have one that tells me, right on my browser, if Abe Vigoda is still alive or not."

Hahahahaha.... :D Star found that about 2 weeks ago
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