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On Wed, 12 Apr 1995 meyer@newslink.org wrote:

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> >I'd be very interested to know if Yahoo will be tracking the links made by
> >individual users and, if so, whether that information will be provided to
> >the advertisers. Any insights, folks?
> 
> Damned good question, Mitch. There is a tremendous potential for privacy
> abuse here. As the Net becomes more and more commercial, people need to
> become aware of this. Perhaps there's even a need for voluntary standards
> of privacy protection that content providers could adopt to assure their
> users.
> ERIC K. MEYER                    meyer@newslink.org 
When I accept your http connection, I already know your IP address, and I 
can usually get your User ID (It's an HTTP optional parameter).  I can 
also not accept your connection unless you give it to me.  Some http 
servers request it and "Stuff it in" back to the client.  The DowVision 
WAIS server interface asks for a password and then passes the cookie back 
and forth for subsequent accesses.

Bottom line, if you want to know something, the assumption will be that 
you will ask for more information (you just click a button).  If you 
don't ask, and I send you extra information or look-up your DNS info.  
You are not likely to be receptive to my call.

I have received "Thank you for visiting" e-mail from web servers that 
offered advertizing.  I asked for more information, they sent more.

	Rex Ballard


From rballard@cnj.digex.net Mon Apr 24 15:32:51 1995
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