Comments on: First 4 vs. Sysinternals, and some thoughts on tracking users http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=10 All about egregiously anti-customer behavior by everyone's favorite BigCo. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:16:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on First 4 vs. Sysinternals, and some thoughts on tracking users by: Cash Registers http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=10#comment-67372 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:00:44 +0000 http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=10#comment-67372 <strong>Cash Registers</strong> I think you have a valid point here. Cash Registers

I think you have a valid point here.

]]> Comment on First 4 vs. Sysinternals, and some thoughts on tracking users by: modelnine http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=10#comment-108 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:49:39 +0000 http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=10#comment-108 Okay, maybe I was unfair, but over here in Europe AOL is just a slim, slim slice of the whole cake of providers. And I actually know of no other provider over here which has mandatory web proxy or anything else similar (my provider doesn't even offer a proxy). There are lots of people who actually own DSL/ADSL, and if you take me (with a standard ADSL-flatrate 6MBit/s, not from AOL ;-)) i change my IP about once every three days. That basically means: track me by my IP, and you get quite detailed usage statistics about my Internet usage. And I'm not the only one who fits this profile. There are quite a few other people I know who happen to have about the same degree of permanentness in their net-connection. And the number of people with ADSL is ever growing. Okay, maybe I was unfair, but over here in Europe AOL is just a slim, slim slice of the whole cake of providers. And I actually know of no other provider over here which has mandatory web proxy or anything else similar (my provider doesn’t even offer a proxy).

There are lots of people who actually own DSL/ADSL, and if you take me (with a standard ADSL-flatrate 6MBit/s, not from AOL ;-) ) i change my IP about once every three days.

That basically means: track me by my IP, and you get quite detailed usage statistics about my Internet usage.

And I’m not the only one who fits this profile. There are quite a few other people I know who happen to have about the same degree of permanentness in their net-connection. And the number of people with ADSL is ever growing.

]]> Comment on First 4 vs. Sysinternals, and some thoughts on tracking users by: Tim http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=10#comment-53 Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:44:19 +0000 http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=10#comment-53 Take a look at IP addresses you see from AOL--still a significant source of users on the everyday Internet--and tell me if they send an X-Redirect-From header. I did generalize about proxies, and failed to distinguish between anonymizing and regular proxies--bad habit from the days that I did web stats for Microsoft's corporate site, when AOL users were a significant portion of our traffic and we could not rely on the IP address to get session data for about 1/3rd of our visitors. Thanks for your comments. Please assume less in the future. Take a look at IP addresses you see from AOL–still a significant source of users on the everyday Internet–and tell me if they send an X-Redirect-From header. I did generalize about proxies, and failed to distinguish between anonymizing and regular proxies–bad habit from the days that I did web stats for Microsoft’s corporate site, when AOL users were a significant portion of our traffic and we could not rely on the IP address to get session data for about 1/3rd of our visitors.

Thanks for your comments. Please assume less in the future.

]]> Comment on First 4 vs. Sysinternals, and some thoughts on tracking users by: modelnine http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=10#comment-51 Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:38:57 +0000 http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=10#comment-51 Have you actually realised what you're saying here? People cannot be tracked if they are behind a proxy? That's just utter bullshit, as most proxies send a X-Redirect-From: &#60;your old IP&#62; header. You cannot be tracked if you are behind an anonymizing proxy (which doesn't send the header and spreads traffic you create among several similar machines so that you can't be tracked by the IP of the proxy-machine itself). But: who actually is? I'm not (costs $$$$$). And: in the age of Cable and DSL, your IP only changes once a day, probably even less often. Get a grip on data and web privacy before you start talking about it. Have you actually realised what you’re saying here? People cannot be tracked if they are behind a proxy? That’s just utter bullshit, as most proxies send a X-Redirect-From: <your old IP> header.

You cannot be tracked if you are behind an anonymizing proxy (which doesn’t send the header and spreads traffic you create among several similar machines so that you can’t be tracked by the IP of the proxy-machine itself). But: who actually is? I’m not (costs $$$$$). And: in the age of Cable and DSL, your IP only changes once a day, probably even less often.

Get a grip on data and web privacy before you start talking about it.

]]> Comment on First 4 vs. Sysinternals, and some thoughts on tracking users by: The PC Doctor http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=10#comment-5 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:12:59 +0000 http://www.boycottsony.us/?p=10#comment-5 <strong>Boycott Sony!</strong> Annoyed Sony customers might like this new blog by Tim Jarrett &#8211; Boycott Sony&#160;! Several good posts &#8211; like this one: First 4 vs. Sysinternals, and some thoughts on tracking users&#160; Why not! (via Ed Bott&#160;) ... Boycott Sony!

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