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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sandman on May 17, 2006, 11:36:46 PM

Title: Cookies?
Post by: Sandman on May 17, 2006, 11:36:46 PM

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?

Title: Cookies?
Post by: Debonair on May 18, 2006, 12:09:29 AM

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

Title: Cookies?
Post by: Sandman on May 18, 2006, 12:11:51 AM

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.

Title: Cookies?
Post by: Saintaw on May 18, 2006, 12:33:27 AM

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

Title: Re: Cookies?
Post by: Pooh21 on May 18, 2006, 12:38:45 AM

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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.

Title: Re: Re: Cookies?
Post by: Sandman on May 18, 2006, 12:39:19 AM

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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.

Title: Cookies?
Post by: leitwolf on May 18, 2006, 02:11:08 AM

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.

Title: Cookies?
Post by: deSelys on May 18, 2006, 04:43:03 AM

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

Title: Re: Re: Cookies?
Post by: Ripsnort on May 18, 2006, 09:10:27 AM

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

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl