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Death of Cookies, Spyware Greatly Exaggerated?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-lazy-to-delete-cookies dept.

securitas writes "The New York Times' Bob Tedeschi interviews several Internet marketing leaders who debate recent reports that Internet users are deleting cookies en masse and causing serious problems for advertisers. Among the interviewed is Eric Peterson, co-author of the Jupiter Research report that claims 39 percent of Internet users delete cookies. Slashdot has recently had stories about this supposed trend in June and July. A shorter version of the article at IHT. Who is telling the truth and who is deleting cookies? Are you?"

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  1. Re:Yes by thc69 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Complete discloser
    Wouldn't that be more easily expressed as "Complete opener"?
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  2. Re:Yes by It+doesn't+come+easy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Cute. To "disclose" literally means to take something that is closed and to reverse the closedness of it. Instead of saying the obvious "open" as you suggest. Don't you just love the English language?

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  3. Re:Yes by thc69 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Look up "discloser". Then, look up "disclosure".

    (I thought it would be obvious in my last post.)

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  4. Re:Yes by It+doesn't+come+easy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh, sorry, misspelling. Thanks for letting me know.

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  5. Re:Yes by imstanny · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ^LOL. 60% Funny. 40% Insightful.

  6. Re:Yes by thc69 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry, my "" tags failed to show up in the post. Maybe I should have used the Preview button...

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