Comments on: Security Advice https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/01/09/security-advice/ Reflections on Technology Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Scott Tobkes https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/01/09/security-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:59:29 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/01/09/security-advice/#comment-126 Since you posted this on your blog, I have become aware of something called “Web Beacons”

This explains a way in which our surfing destinations can be ultimately traced back to our address!

http://help.lockergnome.com/index.php?act=ST&f=67&t=28821

http://www.allaboutcookies.org/email/

]]> By: Harvey Tobkes https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/01/09/security-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:11:07 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/01/09/security-advice/#comment-123 You advised us that Google exposes our private searches to others. It is sad that I need to be cautious as to what I want to know…:
— Whatever you search Google for will become visible to others; not only to Google employees, but also to sites you subsequently enter. Familiarise yourself with the rules of the ‘game’. Be suspicious.—

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