Play Along with Aunty! Do Cookies Count As Spyware?   - 18 Comments

Summary: Dear Gentle Readers, Aunty recently became aware that some users are complaining that cookies are spyware, and accusing cookie-leaving companies of infecting their computers with spyware. This happened most recently to the people over at Pocket PC Thoughts, where users' anti-spyware programs were detecting cookies ...

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Dear Gentle Readers,

Aunty recently became aware that some users are complaining that cookies are spyware, and accusing cookie-leaving companies of infecting their computers with spyware.

This happened most recently to the people over at Pocket PC Thoughts, where users’ anti-spyware programs were detecting cookies set by Pocket PC Thoughts’ advertisers as “spyware”, and leading the users to believe that Pocket PC Thoughts was facilitating the spreading of spyware, and accusing them of same.

So what do you think, dear readers? Do you mind cookies? Do you allow them? Do you reject them? Do you think that they are spyware, or that the placement of cookies on your computer is the funcational equivalent of infecting your computer with spyware?

Aunty wants to know.

Kissy kissy,

Aunty

P.S. You can read more about this here.

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 This article first appeared on 11/8/2004

Play Along with Aunty!   - 3 Comments

Summary: Ok, boys and girls, Aunty's got a brand new bag: it's Play Along with Aunty! If you were the King Emperor of the Universe, what punishment would you exact on anyone caught spamming in your kingdom?

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Ok, boys and girls, Aunty’s got a brand new bag: it’s Play Along with Aunty!

If you were the King Emperor of the Universe, what punishment would you exact on anyone caught spamming in your kingdom?

Play Along with Aunty!

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NOTE: We never, ever, ever will recommend any product or service on this site that we have not regularly used ourselves and do not wholeheartedly believe in. That said, in some cases after being very pleased with a product or service, we may enter into a relationship with the provider of that product or service such that if someone purchases that product or service based on our recommendation, we may get a small payment. Such payments go towards the upkeep of the Internet Patrol.

 This article first appeared on 7/8/2004
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