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Praxeas 08-07-2010 05:36 PM
Gotta Love those tracking Cookies
 
I was searching Tigerdirect.com for tool kits the other day; so today on Fox news I have a tigerdirect ad that revolves a series of different products, then stops on the took kits to display their price....kinda scary

geekette 08-08-2010 02:20 PM
Re: Gotta Love those tracking Cookies
 
Sometimes this gets so annoying I just nuke all my cookies and start fresh so I can see a new set of ads!

RandyWayne 08-08-2010 02:33 PM
Re: Gotta Love those tracking Cookies
 
I use the No-Script plugin with Firefox which helps quite a bit.

geekette 08-08-2010 08:20 PM
Re: Gotta Love those tracking Cookies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RandyWayne (Post 948745)
I use the No-Script plugin with Firefox which helps quite a bit.
It would help if I used Firefox, but I get tired of it and go back to using Chrome. Then I get annoyed with Chrome for some reason or another and go to Firefox for a few weeks....

Hoovie 08-08-2010 08:23 PM
Re: Gotta Love those tracking Cookies
 
Those trackers are especially bad if you do travel searches.

RandyWayne 08-08-2010 11:39 PM
Re: Gotta Love those tracking Cookies
 
Want to hear something scary.... OK, not so much scary as eye brow raising. We are proud owners of the Logitech Harmony One universal remote. Recently the battery life has really gone to pot on it and I tried ordering a new battery. When trying to replace the one in it I found it was swollen pretty badly and could not be removed. I called their tech support to ask HOW to remove it and discovered this was a common problem. The only thing to do is replace the whole remote.

Since the programming is done through your PC AND through a special logged in account they knew exactly what TV and stereo equipment we owned and the exact settings of my remote. The first ID question the guy on the phone asked was the make and model of the 47 inch TV we had in our living room.

Do they know what channels we are watching? I doubt it, but it is possible. It is very possible... This is an extremely intelligent remote capable of harvesting all sorts of user data on it that the average person would have no clue was being taken.

Praxeas 08-08-2010 11:56 PM
Re: Gotta Love those tracking Cookies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RandyWayne (Post 948844)
Want to hear something scary.... OK, not so much scary as eye brow raising. We are proud owners of the Logitech Harmony One universal remote. Recently the battery life has really gone to pot on it and I tried ordering a new battery. When trying to replace the one in it I found it was swollen pretty badly and could not be removed. I called their tech support to ask HOW to remove it and discovered this was a common problem. The only thing to do is replace the whole remote.

Since the programming is done through your PC AND through a special logged in account they knew exactly what TV and stereo equipment we owned and the exact settings of my remote. The first ID question the guy on the phone asked was the make and model of the 47 inch TV we had in our living room.

Do they know what channels we are watching? I doubt it, but it is possible. It is very possible... This is an extremely intelligent remote capable of harvesting all sorts of user data on it that the average person would have no clue was being taken.
Wow, but that also means you have "legit" spyware

RandyWayne 08-09-2010 12:04 AM
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We love our Harmony One and have no plans to stop using it, but it does make me think how easily any number of companies could know anything and everything about you.

Praxeas 08-09-2010 02:02 AM
Re: Gotta Love those tracking Cookies
 
Yeah it's disturbing

Sweet Pea 08-09-2010 09:08 AM
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Big Brother is watching you.....


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