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- d3m3, on 10/12/2007, -4/+53There is no reason, other than spaming us, that Microsoft needs to know about the last vacation I took.
- DisposableRob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34Mmmm...Super Cookie.
- AXNJAXN, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31I'm going to need a super-cookie-remover.
- beanfeast, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25Would this make Bill Gates the Super Cookie Monster?
Wish I had the photo-shopping skills to illustrate this... - targetOO, on 10/12/2007, -6/+29Wouldn't it have been easier (/ the same thing) to copyright spyware.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18beh, just use IE if you want to be that open about your surfing habits.
- Pottersquash, on 10/12/2007, -10/+27Bill Gates may be planning a getaway and wants to know a good locale, sheesh guy just wants a suggestion you gotta get bitchy about it.....
- catoutfit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14mmmmmmmmmmmm...........proprietary
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29130
That's almost as bad as Microsoft patenting ones and zeroes.. - KissTheRing, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Or they could just be planning on suing anyone who does this kind of user tracking in order to reduce user woes
- jpdoane, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I knew it was true all along!!!!
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Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates is sharing his fortune. If you ignore this you will repent later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.
When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (if you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week time period. For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00, for every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, you will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and send you a cheque. - kurosen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that was thinking about something along the lines of this:
http://www.hahler.de/media/DSCN2013.jpg
Super cookie indeed :) - Wolfghost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Maybe it was just a misstatement, but you do realize that there is a huge difference between a patent and a copyright?
- dannywsu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Microsoft, don't you have better things to work on, like... VISTA!?
- mediatedthought, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Goddamn. It's just another reason to switch....
- gekkokid, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Microsoft are only protecting random stuff so they can tell the boss they are actually doing some work
- hasanahmad, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Patent Filed: Year 2000, this thing is older than your grandma
- kurth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I once tried to make a super cookie. One large one. It didn't cook in the middle :-(
- Lazybones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"they obviously want to see how much they can piss off joe sixpack until he gets wise and installs linux. the answer is a hell of a lot, apparently."
Joe sixpack eats cookies, he doesn't even know what they do in a computer. This only will piss off your average tech/geek. - Grimdotdotdot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It's not Microsoft that are in the wrong here, but the US patent system.
Want to patent technology that's been in use for years? Queue here! - catoutfit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8GREAT MORE PROPRIETARY MICROSOFT STUFF :)
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Adblock.
You mean you don't have it? You use IE? Tsk.
So this tracking cookie is to track ~90% of the web user base... still not bad.
I bet the NSA is loving this. :) - Barnstormer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Microsoft bought out Famous Amos? Nooooo....
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6There's already a "super cookie" and it's called a database.
F*ckin stupid microsoft has it's collective head up it's arse yet again. - Sithlrd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Then you're an un-patriotic tree hugging terrorist sympathizer who will soon be on W's no-fly list.
- Cymrubeats, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8If MS enforces their patents, then any site that lays a tracing cookie ought to watch out.
- soopafly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Knowing M$, it'll probably be IE only
- Hubso, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"If this patent holds up in federal court, Apple will have no choice but to convert to analog," said Apple interim CEO Steve Jobs, "and I have serious doubts whether this company would be able to remain competitive selling pedal-operated computers running software off vinyl LPs."
Brilliant! - kmonihen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I use Tor here at work so the IT department can't spy on my Internet usage and unencrypted passwords (and forum comments like this). There's even a Firefox extension to toggle it on and off.
http://tor.eff.org/ - V1ncent, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I hereby claim a patent on super milk.
- JamesGlover, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Look on the bright side. The patent should inhibit the spread of such technology, which for once will actually be a good thing for the end-user.
- VirgoanVenom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3From http://www.supercookie.com:
"Welcome to Hand Crafted Deliciousness"
Custom Made Gourmet Cookies
Personalized Specialty Baked Cookies
© Copyright 2004 - SuperCookie.com - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Same with Google saving every single thing you have ever done on any of their sites.
- saska, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It was filed in 2000. Maybe what's wrong with the patent system is that it takes 6 years?
- Cymrubeats, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Adobe/IK Multimedia/Native Instruments...just three more companies (of many) that demand you "activate" your software. some don't even give you the option to do it over the phone...
- hiuho, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Hmm ... the article said "permanent" cookie. I wonder exactly how permanent is it. Is it something you can't remove?
- KillerX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Doh!!! Try a convection oven.
- artnez, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6lol!
- chaosmachine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2bastards.. now i really want some cookies :(
- rocjoe71, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2It would only be "proprietary" if Microsoft was the only one doing it. Many people are doing this already, and they don't necessarily need Microsoft to create these cookies and trackers.
- engele, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is about the dumbest thing out of Seattle in quite some time. How do they get away with this stuff? This and software "activation" are obnoxious as about anything out there. MS would have serious problems if it wasn't for this ingrained belief that for some reason (no one can explain) Windows is needed for computing. How would a little firm survive to bad PR? I don't so much mind Windows or MS, but I do get offended by tactics that make it harder to use your computer or compromise your privacy. This is more important than even in an era where we do more and more online.
- digiteyes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1o lookie how cool.. now i can't wait for the xbox 360 to have one.. so people can track me through xbox live. oh and how about some milk to go with that!
- streetstealth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Copyright != patent
By default, any spyware authored in the US is under copyright to its slimy developer. But you're thinking patents here (given that this is a story about patents) and thus you mean "to patent spyware."
It's easy to remember:
Copyright -> protect original material you made
Patent -> protect a method you thought up - coding, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I know I had thought about this well before 2000 (as well as millions of other people). I just don't have evidence of prior art.
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1D'oh. I used Firefox. No wonder MS doesn't love me. :)
- djSyndrome, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8"Microsoft stated the technology would be debuting in Afganistan, Iraq, and Palestine"
I thought we were going to invade Iran next? - AwesomeMonster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I had the coolest idea of what this would actualy be... until i read the bottom part. Man i just want a really really big cookie.
- IanBell330, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Why buy Claria (AKA Gator) when you can create your own technology to do so. Time to download FireFox...
- Silverjam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What's the new deal about this patent? It's been done for years. Just another example of how ridiculous patents can be (not that they shouldn't always exist).....
I should have patented the full-stop or question-mark, in which case I could have "BILL"ed you all!!!!!! Guess I'll file for those patents next week, which should be soon enough. - sporkwitch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I love The Onion. My friend had the anniversary collection that had all the best from previous issues ^_^ Really though, all they'd have to do is use A and B to represent their binary digits instead of 1 and 0, but still, lol.
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