Comments on: Nearly undetectable tracking device raises concern

A widely used, yet virtually undetectable, means of tracking Net surfers' habits is joining its better-known cousin, the cookie, as the subject of lawsuits and a privacy initiative by the government.

[The user with no name]

CNET USES THESE???

heres the link to that comment folks....

http://news.com.com/5208-1002-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12784&messageID=99320&start=-131

makes you wonder why a site that says how nad they are would still be using them eh?? hmmmm

[jackraz]

Stop being such babies

Tracking just enhances your browsing experience.
Personally I appreciated not being exposed to Tampax ads.

I do understand that some people that are doing illegal stuff online don't like being spied on. But the rest of us should really apprciate that websites are improving themselves based on my surfing habits.

Now, have a cookie and stop crying!!

[kb8vng]

Stop being such babies?

You sound like an old ad man that works for the company. Or perhaps you're just the exhibitionist on the street corner.
Babies? Babies have no concern as to their rights to privacy. Seeing as how you seem to have none, I would look in the mirror before I called anyone else a baby, if I were you.
You don't like being spied on but you like that fact that they do so they can improve their website. Ummm, excuse me? Improve? You have to be joking, right? Or is it that you just expect someone to try to sell you something when you visit a webpage? Is that what the web has come to, an advertiser's dream come true? I suppose you're the guy who sits glued to the TV to watch those million dollar commercials and walks away thinking he's seen a good show. Couldn't tell you what program he watched, but bring up a commercial and he can repeat it verbatim.
Of course, I'm absolutely sure you jump right up or reach down and grab the remote to change the channel when those Tampax ads come on.
Tracking doesn't enhance anything for me. It just pisses me off. And a lot of other people, too. If I want to buy something online, I'll do a search for it using one of the popular search engines. I don't need a site with ads galore trying to sell me something when I'm not interested. Or even when I am interested. I'll choose when, where and if I buy, thank you.

[Tuurbo13]

Say it ain't so! I guess you're saying that when I visited those sites with the dirty girls and horses, I wasn't alone? That's not cool.

[meisbad]

is this not an obvious breach of the data protection act? If somebody can track your webpages doe'snt that mean they can read your server address which defines your comp as being yours and tace it right back to the owner of the comp? dont we have anti virus sotware to stop pop ups and adverts? how is this relevant to marketing! whether or not i have anything to hide thats my buisness, do we not live in a democratic society anymore, do we have no rights or say in who has access to information? I seriously feel violated!

[RequestPolicy]

You can block web bugs and other cross-site requests that leak information about your browsing habits by using the Firefox extension RequestPolicy.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9727

For more info on the privacy ramifications of cross-site requests, see:

http://www.requestpolicy.com/privacy