Originally Posted by
Check Essential
Off topic:
I have a question for you Internet gurus. It concerns privacy. The world wide web seems to be getting smarter by the day. Uncomfortably so.
I was just watching a bunch of guitar solo videos on YouTube. (Joe Satriani is a God)
A few seconds later when I log on to this site I get ads for guitar lessons. That can't be a coincidence.
How does APC know what I've been watching on YouTube? Does every website that I visit see from my history every other website that I've ever visited?
I thought that cookies were only used by the website that puts them on your computer. I know that my Internet service provider obviously knows every site I visit and I don't really care, but can every website see where I've been?
When I log onto DeltaNet can they see where I've been? I may not want my employer to know that I recently searched for left handed lesbians mud wrestling on spring break.
Is there a way to stop all these people from tracking me?
I think I read some where, or maybe it was in a dream, that websites are able to determine where you came from and where you went (that is, which web pages you're coming from and going to). They're probably able to do more than that, but I figure, at a minimum they know that.
I got this program (
https://www.hsselite.com/) on dealnews.com when it was on sale for $15 (half price). It definitely works. iCrew doesn't like not knowing where you're logging in from so when I check my schedule I have to remember to turn this program off or too often I'll get kicked off iCrew.