Posted by Onideus Mad Hatter on 03/23/06 13:45

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:30:15 GMT, Ben Measures
<saint_abroadis@sillyhotmail.com> wrote:

>> So on the one hand, companies are relying on Alexa demographics, but on
>> the other, people are being told Alexa is spyware. : \

>Because it is. It's a stealth cookie created as permanently as possible
>with a unique ID accessible by a whole host of companies.
>
>It's exactly the same as having a barcode or RFID tag on your back that
>shops secretly scan as you browse through the high-street, all without
>your knowledge and/or express consent.

....yeah, but is that REALLY private information? I mean, where you go
in public and what you buy in public is...well, public. So why would
it be an issue if someone is keeping track of it? It's like closed
circuit TV, as long as it's not filming inside your house (and window
blinds solve that problem easily enough) I don't see where the fire is
at. A video camera on a public street corner isn't any different from
a police officer standing there watching you...or anyone else standing
there watching you for that matter...it's out in public.

To a certain degree you cannot have complete privacy whilst living in
a social environment. The only way you can ever TRULY have absolute
privacy is if yer living out on the mountain somewhere where there
aren't any people. It's a give and take thing.

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