Hello!
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 11:40:53AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Subject: Re: Internet Explorer Knows Where You
> Live, Then Tells MSN
>
> Monty Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Internet Explorer knows
> where you live, then tells MSN IE5.5 (and presumably other versions
> of the browser) generates a 100% accurate mechanism for MSN which
> enables identification of its users' countries of origin for
> content- and ad-targeting purposes. All users of enabled versions
> of IE are assigned a Globally-unique ID number which resides in a
> cookie assigned to msn.com's root domain. Therefore
>
> Considering the heavy support Microsoft gave the WTO conference when it
> was held in Seattle two years ago, I would assume they support the
> globalist agenda. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that they were using
> this information for more purposes that just figuring out which ads to
> show on the screen.
>
> I think people living in dictatorships should be very concerned about
> using MS technology when visiting politically unacceptable websites.
>
Hm, I am not sure if that is true, but it is possible and would look
like an original MS action ;-)
But there are more reasons not to use IE. For example because there will
be more and more of those IE-optimized websites...
But I was surprised that a german Linux-Magazine (called
"Linux-User" ;-)) wrote, that IE is the best browser... for Linux,
coz you can use it with wine. (I tried to use wine for some other stuff,
but notepad.exe is the only stable working program I found ;-))
Regards,
Arvid
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