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toddmiller

(75 posts)
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 08:26 PM Dec 2012

For Corporate websites, you’re not anonymous. They know your name, email, and company.

An interesting post on hacker news that shows that even just going to a website and not signing up for anything, they know your name, email and company u work and potentially even more.

When people discuss government spying on you its just not government its also corporations.

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For Corporate websites, you’re not anonymous. They know your name, email, and company. (Original Post) toddmiller Dec 2012 OP
They don't mention ways to combat this lbrtbell Dec 2012 #1

lbrtbell

(2,389 posts)
1. They don't mention ways to combat this
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:40 PM
Dec 2012

Would clearing your cookies/cache help, as it would look as if you were surfing to a site from a brand-new session.

I also use Do Not Track Plus for Firefox, which blocks tracking cookies.

I wish the article had offered solutions for stopping this from happening.

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