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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 03:58 PM
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White House will continue tracking
http://tinyurl.com/cw5e4

NEW YORK - The White House said Friday its Web site will keep using Internet tracking technologies, deciding that they aren't prohibited after all under 2003 federal privacy guidelines.

The White House's site uses what's known as a Web bug — a tiny graphic image that's virtually invisible — to anonymously keep track of who's visiting and when. The bug is sent by a server maintained by an outside contractor, WebTrends Inc., and lets the traffic-analysis company know that another person has visited a specific page on the site.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:05 PM
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1. Won't this bit of stupidity simply lower their traffic?
:shrug:
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:07 PM
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2. I've stopped going there
years ago, but why the need to track people? It's not like they are trying to sell a product so they need to figure out our shopping styles. :shrug: Could it be for more nefarious reasons?
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:19 PM
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5. They want to know who is watching them.
This is late Nixon style paranoia. Self defeating but also, dangerous for us.

I hope you have a personal safety plan and one for the school, too. :(
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 05:24 PM
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6. Hell my own freeper Uncle is probably reporting on me to them.
He's a lunatic. A personal safety plan? Not really? I wouldn't know where to begin to create one.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 06:01 PM
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12. Well, after watching the Katrina footage,
Edited on Fri Dec-30-05 06:01 PM by sfexpat2000
I put together enough stuff for us to shelter in place for two weeks OR, the stuff we need to evacuate with the pets (that's a bunch of cats and an old arthritic dog). I worked on it for about a month, and it cost about $350.00.

Next, a neighbor and I are going to get a plan together for the hood -- pegging the homes with elderly, kids, disabled folks so we know what we're dealing with.

This is a good site for ordering emergency type supplies. Their customer service is excellent and their prices are about the best I found, anyway, fyi:

http://www.geoduck.com/epicenter/order.cgi
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 06:25 PM
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15. Thanks.
:hi:
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:09 PM
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3. Wonder if Harriet did the legal research on this one?
What a fucking joke. This whole administration is a sad pathetic joke on the people of the world.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:12 PM
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4. Probably Gonzalez.
Whatever * wants, its legal in his eyes.
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 05:52 PM
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7. White House will continue to track Net

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/tech/D8EQPR8G3.htm?campaign_id=apn_tech_down&chan=tc

White House will continue to track Net

Associated Press

DEC. 30 3:50 P.M. ET The White House said Friday its Web site will keep using Internet tracking technologies, deciding that they aren't prohibited after all under 2003 federal privacy guidelines.

The White House's site uses what's known as a Web bug -- a tiny graphic image that's virtually invisible -- to anonymously keep track of who's visiting and when. The bug is sent by a server maintained by an outside contractor, WebTrends Inc., and lets the traffic-analysis company know that another person has visited a specific page on the site.
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 05:52 PM
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8. Scary I think as the GOP can not run any thing right.
You just know every one will be in some type of mess in this as that is how the last 5 years have gone on just about every thing.
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 05:52 PM
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9. Then let 'em track this.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 06:24 PM
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13. Luv it! -nt
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JanusAscending Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 05:52 PM
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10. Dear Mr. Bush,
Here's my New Years message to you and yours, and this is from a "born again Christian" FUCK YOU AND YOURS!! and I hope you will enjoy each others company in HELL!!! SEASONS GREETINGS! I really do hope you get this message!!:evilfrown:
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Massacure Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 05:52 PM
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11. This is why I so love Firefox.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 06:25 PM
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14. Yes I do the same. -nt
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 09:27 PM
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16. Sounds like it depends on what is is
What a bunch of paranoid motherfuckers. Nixon must be smiling in hell.
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