Comments on: Government agencies breaking privacy rules…again http://techliberation.com/2006/01/05/government-agencies-breaking-privacy-rulesagain/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:14:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ã??Ã?©Ã??Ã?©Ã??â??Ã??Ã?© http://techliberation.com/2006/01/05/government-agencies-breaking-privacy-rulesagain/comment-page-1/#comment-49519 Ã??Ã?©Ã??Ã?©Ã??â??Ã??Ã?© Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:44:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/01/05/government-agencies-breaking-privacy-rulesagain/#comment-49519 if there's a federal law restricting how federal agencies use cookies, they should obey it, but this was more likely an honest mistake by the agencies' webmasters than some kind of sinister plan to spy on their customers if there’s a federal law restricting how federal agencies use cookies, they should obey it, but this was more likely an honest mistake by the agencies’ webmasters than some kind of sinister plan to spy on their customers

]]> By: Ã??Ã?©Ã??Ã?©Ã??â??Ã??Ã?© http://techliberation.com/2006/01/05/government-agencies-breaking-privacy-rulesagain/comment-page-1/#comment-32500 Ã??Ã?©Ã??Ã?©Ã??â??Ã??Ã?© Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:44:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/01/05/government-agencies-breaking-privacy-rulesagain/#comment-32500 if there's a federal law restricting how federal agencies use cookies, they should obey it, but this was more likely an honest mistake by the agencies' webmasters than some kind of sinister plan to spy on their customers if there’s a federal law restricting how federal agencies use cookies, they should obey it, but this was more likely an honest mistake by the agencies’ webmasters than some kind of sinister plan to spy on their customers

]]> By: Tim http://techliberation.com/2006/01/05/government-agencies-breaking-privacy-rulesagain/comment-page-1/#comment-32499 Tim Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:54:58 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/01/05/government-agencies-breaking-privacy-rulesagain/#comment-32499 I dunno, cookies are pretty innocuous, and I'm not sure one what basis a private business would be fined for using cookies on its web site. Certainly, if there's a federal law restricting how federal agencies use cookies, they should obey it, but this was more likely an honest mistake by the agencies' webmasters than some kind of sinister plan to spy on their customers. After all, all you can really tell from a cookie is who's visited your own website. (or in cases of cookies run by third parties, other sites using the same cookie) It's hard to see what nefarious use could be made of, say, a list of all the times I've visited the Treasury Department's web site. I dunno, cookies are pretty innocuous, and I’m not sure one what basis a private business would be fined for using cookies on its web site. Certainly, if there’s a federal law restricting how federal agencies use cookies, they should obey it, but this was more likely an honest mistake by the agencies’ webmasters than some kind of sinister plan to spy on their customers.

After all, all you can really tell from a cookie is who’s visited your own website. (or in cases of cookies run by third parties, other sites using the same cookie) It’s hard to see what nefarious use could be made of, say, a list of all the times I’ve visited the Treasury Department’s web site.

]]> By: Tim http://techliberation.com/2006/01/05/government-agencies-breaking-privacy-rulesagain/comment-page-1/#comment-49518 Tim Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:54:58 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/01/05/government-agencies-breaking-privacy-rulesagain/#comment-49518 I dunno, cookies are pretty innocuous, and I'm not sure one what basis a private business would be fined for using cookies on its web site. Certainly, if there's a federal law restricting how federal agencies use cookies, they should obey it, but this was more likely an honest mistake by the agencies' webmasters than some kind of sinister plan to spy on their customers.<br><br>After all, all you can really tell from a cookie is who's visited your own website. (or in cases of cookies run by third parties, other sites using the same cookie) It's hard to see what nefarious use could be made of, say, a list of all the times I've visited the Treasury Department's web site. I dunno, cookies are pretty innocuous, and I’m not sure one what basis a private business would be fined for using cookies on its web site. Certainly, if there’s a federal law restricting how federal agencies use cookies, they should obey it, but this was more likely an honest mistake by the agencies’ webmasters than some kind of sinister plan to spy on their customers.

After all, all you can really tell from a cookie is who’s visited your own website. (or in cases of cookies run by third parties, other sites using the same cookie) It’s hard to see what nefarious use could be made of, say, a list of all the times I’ve visited the Treasury Department’s web site.

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