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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. Hm.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This could get bad.... 2nd Post.

  2. If this is not the first post. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I will login as my account and mod my self down! As always, links to posters will be posted.

  3. Whack a mole by ninthwave · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For no reason other than curiosity what would happen if the slashdot users went to this web page

    http://g6589dcs.nyc2.aens.net/DCS000003_6D4Q/njs .g if?dcsuri=/nojavascrip

    and hit reload or refresh as many times as possible in the browser of choice and to see if the slashdot effect would happen on a 1x1 gif. I don't think it could happen but who knows is it worth doing????

    --
    I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said: "I drank what?" - Chris Knight (Val Kilmer)- Real Genius
  4. blah blah blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    To improve your slashdot reading experience:

    grep -v "In Soviet Russia" < /slashdot.articles/*
  5. poop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I pooped in my pants.