[meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies

[Chris Peterson]

There is no mechanism on a properly configured browser for a website to 
download software to your computer without your active consent. If you are 
using Internet Explorer (why would you?) it is possible to override the 
default setting and allow websites to quietly load ActiveX applications. But 
if you have your browser configured that way, eBay should be the least of 
your worries!

Of course eBay uses cookies. Nearly every site does, and in the case of eBay 
they are essential to proper operation. If you are paranoid, you can always 
tell your browser to treat any eBay cookie as "session only", meaning 
they'll get automatically deleted when you shut down.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mckinney trammell" <bigpineartifacts at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at htn.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies


> wow. www.safernetworking.com for spybot S&D free downloads. just ran it, 
> though AFTER ebay use and "no immed." threats found"?
>
>
> --- On Tue, 12/2/08, Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net>
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] eBay's Spyware and Cookies
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 3:24 PM
>> Dear List Members,
>>
>> I was just cruising around eBay for about five minutes and
>> my Internet Explorer popped up a message reading:
>> "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer
>> blocked this site from downloading files to your computer.
>> Click here for options..."
>>
>> This pretty much confirms what I and others have said at
>> the beginning of this thread, eBay IS downloading Spyware
>> and Cookies on our computers. Looks like eBay wants to
>> become Big Brother as well as a monopoly!!
>>
>> Be sure to run your Spyware and other software programs to
>> rid your computers of their junk!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Greg