- From: Benjamin Franz <snowhare@netimages.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 04:29:17 -0700 (PDT)
- To: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Oh boy. It looks to me like the 'but unverifiable transactions are GOOD' crowd just went the guerilla PR route. Those of you who get ClariNet should check out the article titled: "****Online Professionals Support Web Cookies 04/23/97" <URL:news:Naf6_35U@clari.net>, clari.tw.top. If you were to take what the 'Association of Online Professionals (AOP)' says at face value you would think that the WG had just proposed turning off ALL cookies by default (naughty, naughty WG). Fair use excerpt: Among the negative impacts, according to McClure are a "potential loss of services from online services such as MSN, which rely on cookies for passwords, preferences and other common tasks; loss of all electronic commerce that relies on cookies, including those based on the "shopping cart" models; and loss of one of the major methods of advertising effectiveness analysis for Web sites that rely on such revenues and sponsorships for their economic base." Am I crazy or of the items they list is the ONLY one *actually* affected the "loss of one of the major methods of advertising effectiveness analysis for Web sites"? The Big Lie lives.... -- Benjamin Franz
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