Actually the problem is when a support agent misquotes, or a customer mishears or mistypes the tinyurl and are taken to the wrong page, with no control over the content. Most large companies have document numbers, and have a facility where a customer can search for it from the main web page. If the customer puts in the wrong document number by accident, no real harm done.
Trust me, the potential for having a customer go to goatse accidentally far outweighs the tracking issue. If your bosses didn't mention this, it's because they didn't think of it.
Well, according to a blog post of one of the authors, "Burton group won't spam you":
http://pbokelly.blogspot.com/2008/01/burton-group-whats-up-doc-odf-ooxml-and.html
Actually the problem is when a support agent misquotes, or a customer mishears or mistypes the tinyurl and are taken to the wrong page, with no control over the content. Most large companies have document numbers, and have a facility where a customer can search for it from the main web page. If the customer puts in the wrong document number by accident, no real harm done. Trust me, the potential for having a customer go to goatse accidentally far outweighs the tracking issue. If your bosses didn't mention this, it's because they didn't think of it.
You obviously haven't seen Fossett - he was easily the size of three men put together.
Oh wait, only "Kev"'s hacking is ethical, he doesn't mind ripping off this e-book: http://www.networkuptime.com/nmap/index.shtml