[119933] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: news from Google
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Weeks)
Fri Dec 4 02:16:37 2009
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 23:14:57 -0800
From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Reply-To: surfer@mauigateway.com
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
jof@thejof.com
: 6.6.6.6 belongs to the US Army
look at AS 666. At least they know their position in the universe.
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andrey.gordon@gmail.com
: IMHO that's where we are heading with google taking over every service imaginable
Only if you let them. DBS (don't be sheep)
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At the most basic minimum manage your cookies. Just a quick search (not with google) gives:
google.com/support/urchin45/bin/answer.py?answer=28710 (you'll see a LOT of _utm<x> type cookies as soon as you start watching them)
There are many other companies out there that know more about you than you think possible. Small example: Do you allow third party cookies unfettered access to what you do?
scott
