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Old 15-04-03, 06:18 PM
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RE: CRC Forum Security

>Another forum member brought up the topic of spy cookies being
>installed on users of this forums computers a few weeks ago.
>He was perfectly correct and I thought I would take a couple
>of mins to explain exactly what this cookie does for those who
>are interested. If you are running any form of spyware
>detector on your computer it should pick it up.
>
>The purpose of this cookie is to log which web pages you visit
>and then send this information back to a company which
>specialise in collecting information about your interests so
>that other companies can purchase the email addresses of
>people who have shown an interest in a particular area. Say
>you went to a couple of holiday booking website they would
>presume you are looking to go on holiday and then send you
>emails containing information about different holidays. The
>forum also logs both your email address and IP address and in
>many cases this can be used to find out your home address so
>that they can send you information through the post as well as
>by email.

Oh, and if you actually read the post from Trigger, he was trying to wind me up.

http://www.cobraclub.com/crcforum/dc...ng_type=search

Failed again haven't you sunshine.
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My Son had a toy steering wheel which he used to spin furiously, making loads of go-faster noises, leaning into all the tight corners, perhaps running the government feels a bit like that. You make all the noises, but when you stop you haven't really gone anywhere.