[thelist] Anonymous Browsing

Chris Evans chris at fuseware.com
Wed Mar 22 15:05:29 2000


Ironically, I could not get to the link because they are routing through
doubleclick, which I have disabled.

<tip author="Chris Evans" Type="privacy">
You can block doubleclick.net from serving you banner ads by adding this
line to your
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\etc\HOSTS file in NT:

127.0.0.1	ad.doubleclick.net

</tip>

Chris Evans
chris@fuseware.com
http://www.fuseware.com



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something is wrong when CNN becomes my source
for new software toys... anyway, i'm gonna try
it out...

New tool offers privacy without crippling
browsing habits

http://CNN.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/21/idcide/

You may not know it, but advertising companies
are tracking you. They might know your name and
address, and they almost certainly know sites
you've searched for, flights you've booked
online, products you've considered buying, and
maybe even medical information.


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