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Amazon Search Bar Will Track Your Browsing

Posted by timothy on from the was-only-testing-that-last-site-you-see dept.

Limit writes "There has been a lot of discussion regarding GMail and Google's privacy policies. However, with the recent debut of Amazon's A9.com, I havn't seen any mention to the information they intend to collect. I saw this article today, "The history server stores -- on our servers -- your history of interaction with us for the purpose of bringing that back to you in a very convenient way ... If you install the toolbar, then all your Web browsing, as well as all your searching, is stored as well." Where is all the media hype about this privacy issue?"

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

    Ebay kicks amazon

  2. Toast tracker. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    toaster,toaster toaser, do you have toast in you yet i think
    so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Im not a toaster!!!!!!!!!!And one more
    thing........YOUR A TOASER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND A COOKIE WITH MILK SOAGE
    MILK!!!!!!!!!!AND A BUTT WITH POOP IN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. Hello by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hi! I read slashdot. I'm pedantic.

  4. First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    finally!

  5. Why Apple Needs iTunes for Linux.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good Read

  6. You can't catch me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I use a tinfoil proxy.

  7. ANUSES CHEESES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  8. Re:A9 by Anonymouse+Cownerd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes it does. Look at www.aa9.net. That's even the Asian Asinine Network.

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  9. BAH!! SEARCHING IS FOR LOSERS!!! by bfg9000 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you've been on the internet more than 6 months and you don't have at least 3000 porn sites *bookmarked*, you should have your net privileges taken away.

    The only time I'd have to use a Search Engine is if I turned gay or something.

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    I'm not normally an irrational zealous dickhead, but I figure "When in Rome..."

    1. Re:BAH!! SEARCHING IS FOR LOSERS!!! by bfg9000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Come to think of it, here's an idea for a cool app: a P2P bookmark swap app with a ratings system like iTunes. No corporate shills, just people rating sites.

      Of course, this idea will get modded down pretty darn fast once the Slashdot editors figure out what rating they'd get...

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      I'm not normally an irrational zealous dickhead, but I figure "When in Rome..."

    2. Re:BAH!! SEARCHING IS FOR LOSERS!!! by STrinity · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      If you've been on the internet more than 6 months and you don't have at least 3000 porn sites *bookmarked*, you should have your net privileges taken away.

      I've been on the Internet for eleven years and I don't have a single pr0n site bookmarked. Why bother when people upload gigs of it to Usenet every day.

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