December 5th, 2001
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 | Gnutella Veteran | | Join Date: November 11th, 2001 Location: Germany
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 Re: Re: Don't believe the hype
Quote: Originally posted by X++_man
Gator helps you to fill out forms and remember usernames and passwords of sites you frequently visit. | Yeah so does M$ IE & Netscape/Mozilla, I guess you're using it anyway? Quote: | You may even have credit card information readily available when you wish to purchase something online. A very dangerous thing to do. | So does M$ Passport except for the small difference that Gator saves your information on your hard drive and not on some server in Redmond. Quote: | Gator provides aggregate statistics about its customers, traffic patterns and related site information to third-party vendors. As banners from sites you visit are being served, Gator will show their advertiser's banners instead. | Do you know how many ad-providers do the same thing as Gator, except for that they are operating from the server side? Did you ever wonder why they (if you let them) store zillions of cookies? Any commercial website trys to acquire user information. And some or quite successful at doing so. Even some ISPs are known for selling statistical information about their users behaviour online...
So what's the big deal?  |
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