Cookies?

[Sandman]

Okay... I discovered something odd just now.

In the DaVinci code thread, someone mentioned the Hot Zone. Unfamiliar with it, I googled.

Then, I decided to look for a game at Newegg. I didn't quite like the price, so I went to Amazon.com and imagine my surprise to see:

"Customers with similar searches purchased" and three different editions of "The Hot Zone" book.


So... Google cookies are shared with Amazon. Is that how it works?

[Debonair]

an old version of netscrape i had (3.whatever or 4.somthing) sent a Last_Page_Vistited envronmental variable, maybe something similar?

[Sandman]

I'm using FireFox. It wasn't the last page visited. It was a couple pages before. Never seen something like this before. Just wondering if it's a new technique I hadn't heard about.

[Saintaw]

As far as I know cookies are supposed to be available only to said domain. I'll ask around.

[Pooh21]

Originally posted by Sandman
Okay... I discovered something odd just now.

In the DaVinci code thread, someone mentioned the Hot Zone. Unfamiliar with it, I googled.

Then, I decided to look for a game at Newegg. I didn't quite like the price, so I went to Amazon.com and imagine my surprise to see:

"Customers with similar searches purchased" and three different editions of "The Hot Zone" book.


So... Google cookies are shared with Amazon. Is that how it works?

Dubya personally rang up Amazon and told em what you was looking at last.

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Pooh21
Dubya personally rang up Amazon and told em what you was looking at last.

Thanks. You've been a big help.

[leitwolf]

Yeah, that's the way it works. That's why Skuzzy often warns people about 'tracking cookies' in threads with links - a losing battle, unfortunately.

[deSelys]

In firefox, you can mark the checkbox 'for the originating website only' in the cookie section. Voila!

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Pooh21
Dubya personally rang up Amazon and told em what you was looking at last.