From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,aeb51c4713246b4c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-23 06:09:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: It's all like that Date: 23 Dec 2002 08:09:37 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: <60eYRwmpMYWp@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <1040231512.158234@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1040652559 30214 192.135.80.34 (23 Dec 2002 14:09:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 14:09:19 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32233 Date: 2002-12-23T08:09:37-06:00 List-Id: In article , Wes Groleau writes: > The stuff after the 'cgisirsi' is functionally > identical to a cookie. Since (unless you have > disabled this also) any http GET reveals the URI > of the referring page, putting the codes there > can track you just as well as if it were done with > cookies. And nothing but honor prevents them from > sharing the info. No, technical difficulty stands in their way, since there is a problem sharing information between totally disparate sessions run from the same computer. With cookies, such aggregation is not at all difficult for those with a Big Brother inclination.