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More Cookie Investigations

Posted by Zonk on from the chocolate-chip-or-oatmeal-raisin dept.

FancyKetchup writes "This time, C|Net is caught up in cookie paranoia with their 'special investigation' into use of cookies on the Senate and House representative websites." From the article: "Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for instance, has been a longtime advocate of strict privacy laws to restrict commercial Web sites' data collection practices. In a statement posted on his own Web site, McCain assures visitors that 'I do not use 'cookies' or other means on my Web site to track your visit in any way.' But visiting mccain.senate.gov implants a cookie on the visitor's PC that will not expire until 2035. " Follow up to a story we reported on earlier.

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  1. Obviously... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is a job for the Cookie Monster!

  2. Amazing by GmAz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its simply amazing that after being posted for a few minutes, mccain.senate.gov is now down. Hmmm...think we can take down www.microsoft.com if we all go there at exactly 4:00pm Pacific Standard Time and hit F5 20 times??

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  3. Re:"i did not have sex with that cookie" by Krach42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That all depends on what the meaning of "is" is.

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  4. Re: More Cookie Investigations by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 4, Funny

    got a link for that thing about the government-marijuana-cookie-tracking thing you menationed?

    not that I don't believe you, i'd just like to read more on it. //mmmm marijuana cookies