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Eric Cartman


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#89 Yesterday, 07:50 PM
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Just curious, but why did cafepress try to put a cookie on my computer when I clicked on this thread?
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http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=242956&page=3

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I was wondering about that too. But why would the spyware come from CAFEPRESS???

That don't make no sense.

I 've noticed they haven't answered her question.


anybody investigate the spyware?

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Prolly a brand new data mining tracker cookie... with nutz and sprinkles... mmmmm

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You can name your site cookie anything you want

Q: What's the best way to disguise a tracking cookie?
A: Name it something common to the average surfers computer.
mediaplex, network, specificclick, tribalfusion, amazon, cafepress......

The very few who bother to approve/deny each cookie would be the only ones to notice.

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I'm SURE it's for your own GOOD!

Here! Have another glass of Kool-Aid!

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Can someone who knows tell me if these cookies can be put on Macs?

If so, where is the software to find and remove them?

-- Edited by Burning Crusade at 14:28, 2007-05-30

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Burning Crusade wrote:

Can someone who knows tell me if these cookies can be put on Macs?

If so, where is the software to find and remove them?

-- Edited by Burning Crusade at 14:28, 2007-05-30


Yes,.....and simply delete all your cookies....often.


http://www.dwyer-inst.com/HTDOCS/EnableDisableCookies.CFM





To enable/disable cookies in Internet Explorer 5.x on a MAC:
Open INTERNET EXPLORER

Click EDIT and select the PREFERENCES option

Under the RECEIVING FILES option, select COOKIES

Next to "When receiving cookies:" select the desired level of cookie acceptance

Click OK to finish
To enable/disable cookies in Netscape 4.x on a MAC:
Open Netscape

Select the EDIT menu and then click PREFERENCES

Scroll down to ADVANCED

Select the desired level of cookie acceptance from the COOKIES options




To delete cookies in Internet Explorer 5 (MacOS X) on a MAC:

Choose Preferences from Explorer menu
Select Receiving Files options
Select Cookies
Select the Cookies to be deleted from the list
Press Delete button
To delete cookies in Internet Explorer 5 (MacOS 9) on a MAC:

Choose Preferences from Edit menu
Select Receiving Files options
Select Cookies
Select the Cookies to be deleted from the list
Press Delete button
To delete cookies in Netscape 7.x and 6.x on a MAC:

Choose Cookie Manager from the Tools menu
Choose Manage Stored Cookies
Remove any cookie from the list, or remove all cookies


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That is only partially helpful, for I use Safari (the Mac browser), which I am very happy with.

But, before I leap to any conclusions, I am going to go check out the link you sent, and see if it can work with Safari.

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I set Firefox to permanently refuse all cookies from all TB domains.

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Burning Crusade wrote:

That is only partially helpful, for I use Safari (the Mac browser), which I am very happy with.

But, before I leap to any conclusions, I am going to go check out the link you sent, and see if it can work with Safari.





Check the Safari Preferences:



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I know enough to do that, but there are gazillions of them. How can I tell which are suspect?

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Libertarian wrote:

I set Firefox to permanently refuse all cookies from all TB domains.


You might want to use the same settings if you visit the Tree site.

 



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I no longer have access to Rabid Skunk's little treehouse of horrors.

-- Edited by Libertarian at 02:44, 2007-06-01

-- Edited by Libertarian at 02:44, 2007-06-01

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I no longer have access to Rabid Skunk's little treehouse of horrors.


You're on their "No Spy List".


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Did Dennis ever reply to her question about why she gets a cookie at tb2k???

hmm

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potbelly wrote:

Did Dennis ever reply to her question about why she gets a cookie at tb2k???

hmm



My understanding is that the cookie was generated by an advertisement-gif that was embedded in one of the member's sigline, who had posted to that thread.

My system identified and rejected the cookie.



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