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Did someone say cookie?
No it's more like this thread made by Ironplant is giving me a headache...Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
I'm fine with you exercising your right to privacy (though I have a hard time understanding how cookies violate that right).Quote:
Originally Posted by gameoverDude
Can I get a show of hands from everyone who has been 'hacked' by hackers using browser cookie exploits?
You're probably not being truly hacked, if you know how they are getting your shit.
Check out the 'Speed up your PC' thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detour
Bad cookies are as likely a suspect as anything else.
I actually agree with Fe 26 on this as a whole, too. Anonymity on the internet has bred some hilarious results. It's made the internet an amazing place. And really the most harm that comes from it is a few hacked computers. My question to congress is why is the electrical grid hooked up to the internet in the first place if they're so worried about hackers taking it down? You can isolate it quite easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Meach
I wouldn't expect Detour to understand freedom. Australia has one of the most authoritative governments for an industrialized, "western" country. I mean they banned small tits under guise of pedophilia (I guess grown men with girlfriends and wives with smaller breasts are all secretly pedo's). His ability to bend over on the whim to the goings-on regardless of merit echo a large problem with that country as a whole, IMO.
So all in all I'm glad the internet is anonymous. I don't like trading freedom for security due to fear in any instance.
You just don't understand because you don't come from a land down under.
They need a strong government to deal with all the feral cats and rabbits that are killing all of their precious lethal animals, and to protect good christians from all the heathen dumb abos and evil movies and video games.
Hah! I fucking hate the vast majority of our government's policies. Also, Privacy <> Freedom.
I am actually softening my stance on this, as I read more. I agree - a person should be able to choose to be private. But to whine about it and then check your Facebook account for the 8th time today? Go fuck yourself.
I, personally, find a lot more value in being public. YMMV. Now, let's all be friends.
There is some value in being public, ideally. If we all could get along, and no one had agendas or was mean, it would be awesome.
Lets, ideally, say Icarus had no privacy. They could make a program to build a database around him. It would collect internet and buying information off of him. Then they would use this to only advertise things he wants and only things he wants. So he'd no longer have to deal with any of the things in life he hates (for the most part). Every commercial and banner ad would be for something he enjoys. His internet and tv experiences would be tailored to him.
This is where the more ethical businesses want to take this kind of technology. Very specific marketing. Not a single cent being wasted on people that give no returns. A marketing mix so perfect, that ever dollar spent on advertising results in an eventual purchase. And the people not in your market, will never even know you existed. Because if they can't see you, they can't give your products bad reviews and feedback.