[CoLoCo] scary script

[Michael "TheZorch" Haney]

The answer to how they do this simple.  They check the web server logs 
which keeps track of the IP addresses you are coming from which lets 
them know what ISP you are likely coming from and thus lets them know 
what general (but not specific) geographical location you are coming 
from.  The logs also report information reported by the browser, which 
is the OS being used and the browser being used.  Then there is your 
login info itself, which might include what sex you are and your zip 
code.  This data is used to determine which web ads are reaching which 
groups of people.  TV advertisers do pretty much the same thing as this 
but with random surveys around the country or get demographical data 
from local TV stations and networks based on Nielson Ratings.  This is 
nothing new and nothing to be worried about.

Andrew wrote:
> I just discovered something that makes me wonder.  First, of all I
> discovered this cool radio website called 'pandora.com'
>
> And second I installed the Firefox add-on called 'no script', which is
> supposed to help improve web security. But, I must admit that I had it
> disabled for awhile.
>
> anyway, I decided to enable it again today, and decided to investigate
> one of the scripts on the Pandora website. which pointed to
> 'imrworldwide.com'
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> So, I decided to see what the 'imrworldwide' site does, and it makes
> me wonder if they were spying on me before i blocked the script.
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