#garfield Logs

Jan 15 2015

00:03 katsmeow-afk I can't understand."
00:34 katsmeow-afk Estimated delivery Fri, Jan 30 - Mon, Mar 09
00:39 katsmeow-afk " It may look nice for a while but in the end you will come to deeply regret spending the few extra dollars to do the job right." <<== whaaaaat?
02:35 katsmeow-afk It works like this: When a user visits a website that contains Turn tracking code, the company holds an auction within milliseconds for advertisers to target that user. The highest bidder's ad instantly appears on the user's screen as the web page loads.
02:35 katsmeow-afk Turn says it receives 2 million requests for online advertising placements per second.
02:35 katsmeow-afk For its auctions to work, Turn needs to identify web users by cookies, which are small text files that are stored on their computers.
02:35 katsmeow-afk The cookies allow Turn to identify a user's web browsing habits, such as an interest in sports or shopping, which it uses to lure advertisers to the auction.
02:36 katsmeow-afk "There are definitely people who feel that if they clear their cookies, they won't be tracked, and that is not strictly accurate," said Joshua Koran, senior vice president of product management at Turn.
02:36 katsmeow-afk Turn executives said the only way users can opt out is to install a Turn opt-out cookie on their machine. That cookie is not designed to prevent Turn from collecting data about a user - only to prevent Turn from showing targeted ads to that user.
02:37 katsmeow-afk ProPublica's tests showed that even Verizon users who installed the Turn opt-out cookie continued to receive the Turn tracking cookie as well. Turn said despite the appearance of the tracking cookie, it continues to honor the opt-out cookie.
02:38 katsmeow-afk But when ProPublica tested that claim on the industry's opt-out system , we found that it did not show Verizon users as opted out.
02:38 katsmeow-afk Either way, this fix does not address the respawning of cookies that have been deleted� since Turn says it does not consider that an expression of user intent.
02:39 katsmeow-afk last month i canceled my verison cell phone