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Do Not Call Site Has AT&T Stats Tracker?

Posted by simoniker on from the ring-ring-doh dept.

hookedup writes "The Register is carrying an article about suspicious content at the FTC's Do Not Call site. It has been a runaway hit with US consumers, with over fifty million signing up to avoid spam calls from telemarketers. But the web site hides a little secret: a 1x1 pixel image tracking visitors... and where does the trail lead but to the AT&T, one of the most persistent telemarketers." However, the tipster, James 'Kibo' Parry, notes: "There isn't any evidence proving they _are_ up to anything improper, but this relationship between the FTC and AT&T fails to avoid the potential for impropriety."

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  1. So what? by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot runs MS ads.

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    1. Re:So what? by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dear God your RIGHT! Lock the doors Martha, there gona be comming for me any second now. Get out my good shotgun and push the couch up against the window. You'll never take me alive Slashdot Bastards! You or your Microsoft Overlords.

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  2. Re:Oh NO! A tracking pixel! by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure, it seems like nothing now. But once all the Opera and Mozilla users have been rounded up, put into camps and executed it'll be too late.

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  3. Re:Off by a power of ten? by c0dedude · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be new here. That's only one order of magnatude. Around here, that's pretty good.

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  4. Re:Off by a power of ten? by Murdock037 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait until the story is duped a few times, they should all add up to the right number eventually.

  5. Re:Ahem... by edrugtrader · · Score: 4, Funny

    i just found this list on a soviet russia telemarketing list... i think they already got it!

    (408) 100-0000
    (408) 100-0001
    (408) 100-0002
    (408) 100-0003
    (408) 100-0004
    (408) 100-0005
    (408) 100-0006
    (408) 100-0007
    (408) 100-0008
    (408) 100-0009
    (408) 100-0010
    (408) 100-0011
    (408) 100-0012
    (408) 100-0013
    (408) 100-0014 ... ...
    seriously, this goes on for pages!

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