Re: Pop up blockers caveat

[Doug Sandford <dsandfor () SEEBECK UA EDU>]

Great point Jeff! My concern is for the 'casual user' who is inclined
to just keep clicking 'OK' or 'Continue' through an installation
process without appreciating the consequences.

If an IT organization recommends the product without sufficient
education to permit an informed decision it can come back to bite us.
OK..jaunty paranoia hat coming off now.

Thanks again for the observation Jeff.


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Date forwarded:         Thu, 15 Jul 2004 8:55:17 -0500
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Subject:                Re: [SECURITY] Pop up blockers caveat
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Doug Sandford wrote:
> While the Google solution is effective it's worth noting that Google
> requires you agree to allow Google to track the sites you visit in
> order to use their product. Privacy concern? Yeah, I think so!
> Much like the G-mail product they are offering.
>
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> Doug Sandford
> Information Security Officer
> University of Alabama
> Seebeck Computer Center
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Let's not perpetuate FUD regarding Google and their services.  Please see:

http://toolbar.google.com/privacy.html

> With the advanced features disabled, no information about the page you are viewing will be sent to Google unless you 
> explicitly request more information about that page (such as with the "Cached Snapshot", "Backward Links" or "Similar 
> Pages" features).


and

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/more.html


You don't have to allow the "PageRank" feature to use the Google pop-up
blocker.

Thanks,
Jeff
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Jeff Bollinger, CISSP
University of North Carolina
IT Security Analyst
105 Abernethy Hall
mailto: jeff @unc dot edu

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