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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-16-04 12:36 PM
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"visitors to the Bush site get two tracking data files, called cookies,"

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/personal_technology/9162922.htm

Bush, Kerry sites lackluster after bar raised in Democratic primaries

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As for other privacy practices, I turned to privacy expert Richard M. Smith, who discovered that visitors to the Bush site get two tracking data files, called cookies, placed on their computer by an outside company, Omniture Inc.

The campaign's privacy policy suggests that cookies are used only when someone registers as a volunteer or completes an online poll -- not for casual visits. Campaign officials, however, insist any other cookies are not used to track individual usage.

Smith says Kerry previously had a similar cookie, but no longer does.

Both sites also could pay better attention to security: Passwords to unlock features are sent insecurely over e-mail.
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HamdenRice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-16-04 12:39 PM
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1. security
maybe the bush cookie tracks whether you have gone to any travel websites to smoke out whether you are a "tourist."
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-16-04 01:00 PM
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2. Don't want no steekin BushCo cookies
I want to see Chimpee's AWOL military records.

No substitutes accepted.
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