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Dpreview, Slyware or spyware?
Is Dpreview infecting our computers with spyware, or rather slyware?
I have noticed that some of my Amazon.com enquiries/orders of things like a digital watch, or a certain mempry card or a book are showing up on an advertising side bar when logging into the Dpreview website. Seems they are somehow linking up, cookies? |
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Dpreview, Slyware or spyware?
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:42:01 -0700, irwell wrote:
Is Dpreview infecting our computers with spyware, or rather slyware? I have noticed that some of my Amazon.com enquiries/orders of things like a digital watch, or a certain mempry card or a book are showing up on an advertising side bar when logging into the Dpreview website. Seems they are somehow linking up, cookies? I followed up the above by clicking on the very mall type Privacy notice embedded with images, this led to Amazon.com and this information. ================================================== ========= amazon.com associates Effective Date: July 25, 2005 Amazon.com Associates Privacy Information 1. What was I looking at? The Amazon.com content that you were viewing is a type of link used by Amazon.com Associate Web sites to enable Amazon.com to deliver content directly to your browser. Typically, when you look at a Web page, the words and pictures you see actually come from several sources. Your browser software assembles the pieces and displays them as a single page. On the Associate Web site you were visiting, most of the content you saw was transmitted from server computers used by the site's operator. However, the placement you just clicked on was different--we sent it to you directly from Amazon.com. 2. What is an Amazon.com Associate? An Amazon Associate is a Web site owner who places links to the Amazon.com Web site on his or her site and earns referral fees through sales of Amazon.com products. (To find out more about the Amazon Associates program, click here.) The Web site that displayed this link to you is an Amazon.com Associate. 3. What information about me does Amazon.com receive and retain through this link? Your browser automatically sends any Amazon cookies on your computer to our server when you view this type of Amazon.com link on an Associate Web site. (For more information about how Amazon uses cookies, see our Privacy Notice.) Although we may use your Amazon.com cookie to determine whether you are a recognized Amazon visitor and to offer personalized content (such as product recommendations) and special offers, we do not keep or attempt to construct a record of the Web sites you visit. Of course, if you choose to click through to the Amazon.com site, we, like most Web sites, will receive and store your clickstream to, through, and from our site. For more information about the automatic information we collect, please read our Privacy Notice. 4. Does Amazon.com share with third parties any information this service collects about me? No. No personal information we may collect about customers who view, click, or purchase through Associate links is shared with third parties, including Associates, except as described by the Privacy Notice governing the Amazon.com Web site. 5. Are products listed on Amazon.com Associate Web sites through this linking service the same as the personalized recommendations I receive when visiting Amazon.com? They can be. The products you see listed when visiting an Amazon Associate's site can be based on a variety of factors, such as that site's topics and sales history. We might also show you items based on your own personal purchase history at Amazon.com. The Associate Web site hosting this Amazon.com link does not have access to these "personalized" recommendations. Conditions of Use | Privacy Notice © 1996-2007, Amazon.com, Inc. Use the Back button on your browser to return to the Web site that you came from. |
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Dpreview, Slyware or spyware?
On Oct 26, 6:01 pm, irwell wrote:
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:42:01 -0700, irwell wrote: Is Dpreview infecting our computers with spyware, or rather slyware? I have noticed that some of my Amazon.com enquiries/orders of things like a digital watch, or a certain mempry card or a book are showing up on an advertising side bar when logging into the Dpreview website. Seems they are somehow linking up, cookies? I followed up the above by clicking on the very mall type Privacy notice embedded with images, this led to Amazon.com and this information. ================================================== ========= amazon.com associates Effective Date: July 25, 2005 Amazon.com Associates Privacy Information 1. What was I looking at? The Amazon.com content that you were viewing is a type of link used by Amazon.com Associate Web sites to enable Amazon.com to deliver content directly to your browser. Typically, when you look at a Web page, the words and pictures you see actually come from several sources. Your browser software assembles the pieces and displays them as a single page. On the Associate Web site you were visiting, most of the content you saw was transmitted from server computers used by the site's operator. However, the placement you just clicked on was different--we sent it to you directly from Amazon.com. 2. What is an Amazon.com Associate? An Amazon Associate is a Web site owner who places links to the Amazon.com Web site on his or her site and earns referral fees through sales of Amazon.com products. (To find out more about the Amazon Associates program, click here.) The Web site that displayed this link to you is an Amazon.com Associate. 3. What information about me does Amazon.com receive and retain through this link? Your browser automatically sends any Amazon cookies on your computer to our server when you view this type of Amazon.com link on an Associate Web site. (For more information about how Amazon uses cookies, see our Privacy Notice.) Although we may use your Amazon.com cookie to determine whether you are a recognized Amazon visitor and to offer personalized content (such as product recommendations) and special offers, we do not keep or attempt to construct a record of the Web sites you visit. Of course, if you choose to click through to the Amazon.com site, we, like most Web sites, will receive and store your clickstream to, through, and from our site. For more information about the automatic information we collect, please read our Privacy Notice. 4. Does Amazon.com share with third parties any information this service collects about me? No. No personal information we may collect about customers who view, click, or purchase through Associate links is shared with third parties, including Associates, except as described by the Privacy Notice governing the Amazon.com Web site. 5. Are products listed on Amazon.com Associate Web sites through this linking service the same as the personalized recommendations I receive when visiting Amazon.com? They can be. The products you see listed when visiting an Amazon Associate's site can be based on a variety of factors, such as that site's topics and sales history. We might also show you items based on your own personal purchase history at Amazon.com. The Associate Web site hosting this Amazon.com link does not have access to these "personalized" recommendations. Conditions of Use | Privacy Notice © 1996-2007, Amazon.com, Inc. Use the Back button on your browser to return to the Web site that you came from. A sites cookies can not be read by any other site. |
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Dpreview, Slyware or spyware?
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:42:01 -0700, irwell
wrote: Is Dpreview infecting our computers with spyware, or rather slyware? I have noticed that some of my Amazon.com enquiries/orders of things like a digital watch, or a certain mempry card or a book are showing up on an advertising side bar when logging into the Dpreview website. Seems they are somehow linking up, cookies? Do you know who owns dpreview? If you do then I don't understand your surprise. It's a bit like wondering why ebay has links to paypal. -- John Bean |
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Dpreview, Slyware or spyware?
On Oct 27, 4:45 am, John Bean wrote:
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:42:01 -0700, irwell wrote: Is Dpreview infecting our computers with spyware, or rather slyware? I have noticed that some of my Amazon.com enquiries/orders of things like a digital watch, or a certain mempry card or a book are showing up on an advertising side bar when logging into the Dpreview website. Seems they are somehow linking up, cookies? Do you know who owns dpreview? If you do then I don't understand your surprise. It's a bit like wondering why ebay has links to paypal. -- John Bean He's not surprised: he's trying to cause trouble with innuendo. He and RichA are a pair when it comes to finding fantasy faults with DPR. |
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Dpreview, Slyware or spyware?
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:25:42 -0000, Charlie Self
wrote: On Oct 27, 4:45 am, John Bean wrote: On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:42:01 -0700, irwell wrote: Is Dpreview infecting our computers with spyware, or rather slyware? I have noticed that some of my Amazon.com enquiries/orders of things like a digital watch, or a certain mempry card or a book are showing up on an advertising side bar when logging into the Dpreview website. Seems they are somehow linking up, cookies? Do you know who owns dpreview? If you do then I don't understand your surprise. It's a bit like wondering why ebay has links to paypal. -- John Bean He's not surprised: he's trying to cause trouble with innuendo. He and RichA are a pair when it comes to finding fantasy faults with DPR. Thanks Charlie, noted. Maybe they share a room... or even a hand. -- John Bean |
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Dpreview, Slyware or spyware?
On Oct 27, 1:25 pm, Charlie Self wrote:
On Oct 27, 4:45 am, John Bean wrote: On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:42:01 -0700, irwell wrote: Is Dpreview infecting our computers with spyware, or rather slyware? I have noticed that some of my Amazon.com enquiries/orders of things like a digital watch, or a certain mempry card or a book are showing up on an advertising side bar when logging into the Dpreview website. Seems they are somehow linking up, cookies? Do you know who owns dpreview? If you do then I don't understand your surprise. It's a bit like wondering why ebay has links to paypal. -- John Bean He's not surprised: he's trying to cause trouble with innuendo. He and RichA are a pair when it comes to finding fantasy faults with DPR. Pretty simple to run a clean up program to rid a system of dpreview's adware. |
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Dpreview, Slyware or spyware?
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:25:42 -0000, Charlie Self
wrote: On Oct 27, 4:45 am, John Bean wrote: On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:42:01 -0700, irwell wrote: Is Dpreview infecting our computers with spyware, or rather slyware? I have noticed that some of my Amazon.com enquiries/orders of things like a digital watch, or a certain mempry card or a book are showing up on an advertising side bar when logging into the Dpreview website. Seems they are somehow linking up, cookies? Do you know who owns dpreview? If you do then I don't understand your surprise. It's a bit like wondering why ebay has links to paypal. -- John Bean He's not surprised: he's trying to cause trouble with innuendo. He and RichA are a pair when it comes to finding fantasy faults with DPR. You've got it in one. DPreview are the phoniest of them all, banning at the drop of a hat for what they consider ethical violations. As a little test try typing Amazon.com Porn Photography on one the forums and see what happens to you. |
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Dpreview, Slyware or spyware?
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:11:12 -0700, Rich wrote:
On Oct 27, 1:25 pm, Charlie Self wrote: On Oct 27, 4:45 am, John Bean wrote: On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:42:01 -0700, irwell wrote: Is Dpreview infecting our computers with spyware, or rather slyware? I have noticed that some of my Amazon.com enquiries/orders of things like a digital watch, or a certain mempry card or a book are showing up on an advertising side bar when logging into the Dpreview website. Seems they are somehow linking up, cookies? Do you know who owns dpreview? If you do then I don't understand your surprise. It's a bit like wondering why ebay has links to paypal. -- John Bean He's not surprised: he's trying to cause trouble with innuendo. He and RichA are a pair when it comes to finding fantasy faults with DPR. Pretty simple to run a clean up program to rid a system of dpreview's adware. Zonealarm and Spybot don't seem to do it. What do you suggest? |
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Dpreview, Slyware or spyware?
On Oct 27, 3:41 pm, irwell wrote:
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:25:42 -0000, Charlie Self wrote: On Oct 27, 4:45 am, John Bean wrote: On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:42:01 -0700, irwell wrote: Is Dpreview infecting our computers with spyware, or rather slyware? I have noticed that some of my Amazon.com enquiries/orders of things like a digital watch, or a certain mempry card or a book are showing up on an advertising side bar when logging into the Dpreview website. Seems they are somehow linking up, cookies? Do you know who owns dpreview? If you do then I don't understand your surprise. It's a bit like wondering why ebay has links to paypal. -- John Bean He's not surprised: he's trying to cause trouble with innuendo. He and RichA are a pair when it comes to finding fantasy faults with DPR. You've got it in one. DPreview are the phoniest of them all, banning at the drop of a hat for what they consider ethical violations. As a little test try typing Amazon.com Porn Photography on one the forums and see what happens to you. That's a test of what? Your lack of common sense? |
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