Thread: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Old 06-03-2008, 02:33   #585
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77 & 102]
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Originally Posted by markt50 View Post
But I see this as playing the system. Somehow their system has to have a way of getting my browsing data, being able to profile it, and then update a cookie on my machine. What does an IP address do ? , well other than the obvious network stuff it also is a way of identifying a machine. So they are using some form of number coding or clever system to be able to identify a machine without using an IP, the very fact they know what my machine is (and they must know this in order to be able to write back to the cookie) must mean that I am identifiable to them. Obviously the ability to write back to a cookie is nothing new, but when combined with the fact that they have my entire browsing data is very worrying for me at least.
Interesting point. Hmm we'll put a cookie on your machine and we will call the cookie 192168001100 perhaps if there is another user on that machine we will call the cookie 1921680011001 and so on. Or perhaps we will be clever and call teh cookie 1001100861291 there see can't see how that could possibly be related to you now!
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