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RE: Who else is Omniture doing snooping for?
From: Eugene Borukhovich <eugene.b () macroscape com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:57:08 -0400
There is also a <noscript> code in there: <noscript><img src="https://102.112.2O7.net/b/ss/cdcgov/1/G.2-XPd-S?cl=Session" alt =" " height="1" width="1" border="0" /> </noscript> So alternatively a hosts file with 102.112.2o7.net pointing at your localhost - for the paranoid ones! ------------------------------ Macroscape Solutions Inc. information technology foresight http://www.macroscape.com ------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:02 PM To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: [Full-disclosure] Who else is Omniture doing snooping for? Hi, Here's a bit more background information on the Omniture tracking service. First off, AltaVista finds more than a million Web pages with Omniture Web bugs on them: http://tinyurl.com/nou2 Everyone seems to be using these guys including Napster, Oracle, the NFL, the Church of Latter-day Saints, and even the Centers for Disease Controls (CDC). Here's an example of a bugged CDC Web page: http://tinyurl.com/nout (As an aside, someone should make a FOIA request to the CDC to get a dump of all of the information that Omniture has collected on the behalf of the CDC.) Here's how the Omniture describes themselves: http://www.omniture.com/company.html "Imagine a device that could be placed by the front door of a department store to tell the store manager all kinds of detailed information about customers - what store they came from, who they were referred by, if they have been to the store previously, what advertisement they were responding to and much more," says CEO Josh James. "Imagine how useful this kind of information is to a store manager or marketing agent. That is the kind of information SiteCatalyst can provide, instantaneously, in real-time." Richard M. Smith http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
Current thread:
- Who else is Omniture doing snooping for? Richard M. Smith (Sep 17)
- Re: Who else is Omniture doing snooping for? Cael Abal (Sep 17)
- RE: Who else is Omniture doing snooping for? Brent Colflesh (Sep 17)
- Re: Who else is Omniture doing snooping for? Cory Donnelly (Sep 17)
- RE: Who else is Omniture doing snooping for? Eugene Borukhovich (Sep 17)
- Re: Who else is Omniture doing snooping for? Cael Abal (Sep 17)