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Block tracking cookies the easy way

Published June 1, 2005 by Ed Bott

Prof. Froomkin (welcome back!) links to a tracking cookie opt-out page:

With a few clicks you can block cookies from Doubleclick and six other Internet tracking/marketers. Ironically, you must allow the site to set a “no thanks” cookie, so cookie blockers must be turned off to make this work.

Although this site was a good idea once upon a time, this rigmarole is completely unnecessary. Tracking cookies are, by definition, third-party cookies. I can think of no good reason to allow third-party cookies on my computer, and so I block all of them. You’ll find the detailed instructions in this article I published in January of this year: How to completely eliminate tracking cookies.

The article includes instructions for Internet Explorer and Firefox. I just checked my system, and despite the fact that I have not deleted any cookies in the past year I have no tracking cookies from DoubleClick, Atlas DMT, 24/7 Real Media or any of the other sites listed on this page.



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  1. Neil T. says:

    I don’t have those either but that’s probably because I use SpywareBlaster which (AFAIK) blocks cookies from those sites, even when they’re not third party. I’ve been blocking third-party cookies for years now and it’s never caused me a problem.

    Posted June 1, 2005 @ 10:29 am
  2. Discourse.net says:

    Opting-Out of Tracking Cookies

    If you have not done so recently, it’s a good idea to visit the tracking cookie opt-out page. With a few clicks you can block cookies from Doubleclick and six other Internet tracking/marketers. Ironically, you must allow the site to set a “…

    Posted June 1, 2005 @ 9:16 am
  3. Roger says:

    Hi!I wonder, if it is possible to install linux on a windows dynamic disk?

    http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/lin…05.1/0822.html
    Says there that yes, but the method is only a workaround.
    Now thats from 2001, we're in 2006 now.

    Is there native support for windows dynamic disks?
    will linux be able to mount them? Thanx for your help.

    Posted September 27, 2006 @ 7:15 am

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