1996-02-16 - RE: Cookie Crumbles

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From: Blake Coverett <blake@bcdev.com>
To: “‘John Young’” <jya@pipeline.com>
Message Hash: ac79b1b8f5d90b8169be6f9051a9f068a46447f5c6200a01af9264ed2ca8b328
Message ID: <01BAFBB4.C26F0250@bcdev.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-02-16 03:35:48 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 11:35:48 +0800

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From: Blake Coverett <blake@bcdev.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 11:35:48 +0800
To: "'John Young'" <jya@pipeline.com>
Subject: RE: Cookie Crumbles
Message-ID: <01BAFBB4.C26F0250@bcdev.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
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>What are the chances that NSCP might add a feature that would 
>allow customers to say yes or no at login to tracking their 
>movements at any site visited, with a friendly notice that 
>tracking analysis was being done?

The netscape browser could assert that tracking was not desired to it's
heart's content, but that doesn't prevent the server from tracking any 
state it wants about you.

(The typical non-cookie approach being to include a session identifier in all URLs)

regards,
- -Blake

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