Sometimes I do my own laundry and sometimes I don't :P - But I'd like to address the tracking issue. I saw that when it came out. I have built a lot of websites and still occasionally do and consult to builders from time to time. ( Amongst other things ) So these trackers are framed into the site and arrive in some of the ads. Soda uses ads to make money. The cookies in question don't deliver info to Soda unless they made a deal with them to do so and I would highly doubt that is part of the deal. Soda is free to users and has to make money to pay for the site. I don't begrudge sites for doing things that I know when I arrive at them that they might do. The problem is most people don't know what sites do behind the scenes. There is lots of money to be made aggregating, tracking and selling info. Very simple sites that you would never suspect, like many of the word press blogs and etc also frame in ads that use these flash cookies. And there are MANY more than the ones noted in this article. You can take control of your being tracked in this area by using fire fox and installing a free add on called better privacy. ( I tried to add the link but soda won't allow https links - so just google Firefox add on better privacy) Where at the end of any browsing session you can have it ...
Sometimes I do my own laundry and sometimes I don't :P - But I'd like to address the tracking issue. I saw that when it came out. I have built a lot of websites and still occasionally do and consult to builders from time to time. ( Amongst other things ) So these trackers are framed into the site and arrive in some of the ads. Soda uses ads to make money. The cookies in question don't deliver info to Soda unless they made a deal with them to do so and I would highly doubt that is part of the deal. Soda is free to users and has to make money to pay for the site. I don't begrudge sites for doing things that I know when I arrive at them that they might do. The problem is most people don't know what sites do behind the scenes. There is lots of money to be made aggregating, tracking and selling info. Very simple sites that you would never suspect, like many of the word press blogs and etc also frame in ads that use these flash cookies. And there are MANY more than the ones noted in this article. You can take control of your being tracked in this area by using fire fox and installing a free add on called better privacy. ( I tried to add the link but soda won't allow https links - so just google Firefox add on better privacy) Where at the end of any browsing session you can have it auto delete flash cookies or you can pick which ones to delete at any time - even immediately after viewing a page. Not all flash cookies are bad and some are helpful to the navigation of sites. I highly recommend using this freebie however. I don't like flash cookies to be saved unless I am using a site that needs to aggregate my previous time spent there for a specific reason such as I put items in a shopping cart that will save for 24 hrs - but if I delete the flash cookie I will lose the cart. Or many game sites will keep your previous progress for you until you delete the flash cookies - in which case you will start all over. These are just two examples of how flash cookies may benefit some users. The other side of the coin is where there is no benefit to anyone but those who placed the cookie. Hope this helps.
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we are all now potencial terrorists in the eyes of the law. 9/11 was then used as an excuse to get past traditional values of civil liberty and rights of an individuals privacy and protection is now the slave of prevention.That means our lives are monitored and assessed in an attempt to determine whether we are a danger and threat to society or not.Black lists are made and software programmes exist which calculate and categorise óur personalities according to our opinions and activities.Those computer programs make the decisions,have the decisive"last word"and slot us onto a color code scale of potencial danger or not.Declaring Patriotism or not is not a criteria which gives us positive and plus points therefore.
" Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the date of a report issued by UC Berkeley researchers. The correct date was Aug. 10, 2009.".
http://news.cnet.com/8301-310...
I know those of us who do not fall in the box are just screwed.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wTK...
Can they also determine your real identity?
This sounds bad if true, very bad.
Is there anyway to participate on SodaHead and protect ones identity?
REALLY IF WE LIVE IN THIS KIND OF NATION DO YOU THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO >>>>>> EXERCUSE OUR
Know the difference between the 'RULE OF LAW' AND 'THE LAW OF THE LAND'.