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Subject:	*Re: What the bleep* is Brickfest!? and Flexiclaw, one of my best mechs**
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2001 23:37:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Peter McLoone writes: > Seriously? You mean cometzone is putting trackers on the dude that use it? Well-- Comet Systems Inc. is the manufacturer of the software... anyone who downloads it apparently has their history traced when using MSIE. > Oh crud, that stinks... phooie... hmmm.... oh well, I use the AOL browser( > finally a good thing about AOL) Well, no. AOL is actually a version of MSIE :( > so i have nothing to worry about, and plus > as to how a company that makes funky cursors would use such information is > pointless to me, unless of course to better create cursors to serve the > users, Honestly, I don't know (nobody knows for SURE) what information is transmitted. But if you send up your credit card numbers, address, phone number, whatever, well, there you go. Of course theoretically any of this information selling can be dealt with if any harm comes out of it (you CAN tell your credit card company you DIDNT order something-- it's just a GREAT BIG HASTLE), but it's certainly not friendly. > but they're facing charges so hopefully something'll get done..... http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/comet.html DaveE

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		Re: What the bleep is Brickfest!? and Flexiclaw, one of my best mechs
(...) Well, okay, this makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Without actually going through the efforts of looking into this, I must wonder about the nature of this software. Is it a self-installing ActiveX control, or is it instead a (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		Re: What the bleep is Brickfest!? and Flexiclaw, one of my best mechs
Seriously? You mean cometzone is putting trackers on the dude that use it? Oh crud, that stinks... phooie... hmmm.... oh well, I use the AOL browser( finally a good thing about AOL) so i have nothing to worry about, and plus as to how a company that (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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