[Tutor] cookies
john public
apython101@yahoo.com
Fri, 22 Mar 2002 09:57:01 -0800 (PST)
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-What is it about privacy that you want addressed? As far as privacy
goes, cookies are actually pretty non-invasive --
I was under the impression that cookies told a web page administrator which web page you last visited and if you had been to their web page before and which parts of their web page you visited ect. I know that the Yahoo web site remebers which news stories I have read ect. I would just as soon be nameless, just out of principal. I have read about cookies in an online computer dictionary but it really did not talk about how they could be used to watch what you do online. I am under the impression that if I visit a web page if it has the appropriate software it can get my e-mail address. I see people on rent a coder asking for this kind of software to be written. I really did not have anything specific in mind. I know I need to understand cookies and spyware in general and wanted to see some cookie code in Python if it existed. You awnsered my most important question. That switching to Linux will improve my control over everything. I am getting a new computer soon and will install Linux on it. Does Linux come with a browser?
Thanx
John Q. Public
there's a whole slew
of rules about how they can and can't be used (which is more than can be
said for a majority of the spyware being installed on people's boxes
from P2P freeware). In fact, cookies were designed all along to be
helpful to the user, rather than to track their browsing habits. But
privacy issues are always important. I think a Python script to manage
cookies would be pretty neat.
You will have an inherently more private system if you switch from
Windows to Linux, although this is a more accurate statement for people
running Windows e[X]tra [P]roprietary. Linux distributions generally
don't try to contact the company that markets them with information
about your system at random (though who knows?), and you have access to
every tiny piece of your system, even the source code if you should want
it. I don't know how Win systems allow you to manage your cookies (I
imagine it's through browser preferences and perhaps the filesystem), so
I couldn't say whether or not it is easier in Linux. But once you
understand the structure of a Linux system, there's really nowhere you
can't go.
Erik
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<P> -What is it about privacy that you want addressed? As far as privacy <BR>goes, cookies are actually pretty non-invasive -- </P>
<P> I was under the impression that cookies told a web page administrator which web page you last visited and if you had been to their web page before and which parts of their web page you visited ect. I know that the Yahoo web site remebers which news stories I have read ect. I would just as soon be nameless, just out of principal. I have read about cookies in an online computer dictionary but it really did not talk about how they could be used to watch what you do online. I am under the impression that if I visit a web page if it has the appropriate software it can get my e-mail address. I see people on rent a coder asking for this kind of software to be written. I really did not have anything specific in mind. I know I need to understand cookies and spyware in general and wanted to see some cookie code in Python if it existed. You awnsered my most important question. That switching to Linux will improve my control over everything. I am getting a new computer soon and will install Linux on it. Does Linux come with a browser?</P>
<P> Thanx</P>
<P>John Q. Public</P>
<P> </P>
<P>there's a whole slew <BR>of rules about how they can and can't be used (which is more than can be <BR>said for a majority of the spyware being installed on people's boxes <BR>from P2P freeware). In fact, cookies were designed all along to be <BR>helpful to the user, rather than to track their browsing habits. But <BR>privacy issues are always important. I think a Python script to manage <BR>cookies would be pretty neat.<BR><BR>You will have an inherently more private system if you switch from <BR>Windows to Linux, although this is a more accurate statement for people <BR>running Windows e[X]tra [P]roprietary. Linux distributions generally <BR>don't try to contact the company that markets them with information <BR>about your system at random (though who knows?), and you have access to <BR>every tiny piece of your system, even the source code if you should want <BR>it. I don't know how Win systems allow you to manage your cookies (I <BR>imagine it's through browser preferences and perhaps the filesystem), so <BR>I couldn't say whether or not it is easier in Linux. But once you <BR>understand the structure of a Linux system, there's really nowhere you <BR>can't go.<BR><BR><BR>Erik<BR></P><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
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