FCC Meets To Investigate Cookie Abuse

PreacherTom writes to tell us BusinessWeek is reporting that the FCC and the Center for Digital Democracy plan to meet in order to discuss abuses with regard to cookies. From the article: "Online advertisers have a sweet tooth for cookies. Not the kind you bake, but the digital kind — those tiny files that embed themselves on a PC and keep tabs on what Web sites are visited on which machines. But cookies could have a bad aftertaste for consumers. Privacy advocates say the files are being force fed in large quantities to computer users, and they're demanding that the government put some advertisers on a diet."

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Alright, I'll Cut Back!

[Anonymous Coward]

FCC Meets to Investigate Cookie Abuse

Jeez, lay off me, ok? My doctor's been bustin' my balls about it, the last thing I need is the government on my back.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry! But when you leave a box of those girl scout confections next to me, what do you think I'm going to do? They're gone after a few lines of coding and I don't even remember eating them!

*breaks down sobbing

I'm a sick man! I need help! Someone just check me into the Betty Crocker clinic already!

Suggested tag: thinkofthecookies

Re:The summary is an understatement.

[TodMinuit]

What ever happened to sane usage of cookies where they'd only be set if you did something on the site that initiated a cookie transfer (e.g. logging in, starting a shopping cart, storing your preferences)?

Oh man, remember those good old days? Before every site was covered in AdSense. When MySpace was the glimmer in some nerds eye. Before every moron lip-synced horrible songs on YouTube. When email was used for communication. When people actually used correct English. When Pluto was still a planet.

I remember!!! Flobble-de-flee!