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New It's not my machine I'm worried about
I mean, I *am*, but that's easily solvable. However, not everyone who reads my comic is going to be using a "safer" operating system. Especially if they happen to be at work (and I know many read my comic from work).

I thought it was distasteful moving into the realm of banner ads in the first place, but Keenspot needs to pay for its server fees somehow. I thought it was distasteful for them to start using Sonar, but at least they had specific information that they did user tracking, and I could post information on how to keep that from happening. And I sort of knew that most banner advertisers were using cookies to keep track of what ads you clicked on what ads you didn't -- but these are cookies that keep track of every freaking site you go to. And apparently all the big banner ad companies are engaged in this practice! Only Doubleclick got static for it, but after that died down apparently all the other companies quietly adopted the practice... only they don't even offer "opt-out" options.

So I'm kinda pissed, because the efforts I've made to reduce the intrusiveness of ads on my site (like not allowing popups and the like) are FLIMSY and USELESS in comparison to the things I can't do anything about.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
New I see one obvious positive measure you can take.

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What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n
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     Question about Spyware. - (cwbrenn) - (8)
         Re: Question about Spyware. - (kmself) - (2)
             It's not my machine I'm worried about - (cwbrenn) - (1)
                 I see one obvious positive measure you can take. - (kmself)
         I am now seeing machines destabilized by ad/spyware. - (Andrew Grygus) - (4)
             I checked the web-site... - (jbrabeck) - (2)
                 Free version is all you need. - (inthane-chan) - (1)
                     Tank Ewe -NT - (jbrabeck)
             Seeing that here too - (SpiceWare)

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