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I feel the same way. The program always appears to the side of my web pages
and the only way to make it disappear is to go full screen with the web
page. However it is always "lurking " in the background. How did you
remove it from your browser and, when you did, were you still able to click
on the"Links" button of your browser if you wanted to view related sites? I
sometimes think that the Links feature is worthwhile.
Thanks
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "JW" <JW@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 4:29 AM
Subject: [RT] RE: AMZN
> I tried Alexa sometime ago and had a world of difficultly stopping it from
> working after I decided it was a complete waste of time and resources. I
> finally managed to stop it from coming up in my browser and communicated
> (nastily) with Alexa people as to the poor design of this application. I
> wouldn't recommend playing around with it!
>
> JW
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: listmanager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:listmanager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Gwenael Gautier
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:53 PM
> To: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RT] AMZN
>
>
> slightly off-topic, but for those investing in or using AMAZON, an
> interesting thread to follow up:
>
> Gwenn
>
> Amazon.com's Real Security Problem
>
> Crackers weren't Amazon.com's only problem yesterday. If fact, its PR
> people can be grateful that the string of attacks diverted the media's
> attention from problems that could prove to be more embarrassing:
> privacy lawsuits and an FTC probe. The lawsuits allege that Amazon
> subsidiary Alexa - which, when installed in a Web browser, tracks
> surfers' online movements and suggests related Web sites - "secretly
> intercepts personal data and sends the information to third parties,
> including Alexa's parent company, Amazon.com," wrote the AP's Michael
> J. Martinez. The FTC is conducting an "informal probe" of Alexa, both
> Reuters and the AP reported.
>
> Amazon reported the lawsuits and the probe in a document filed with
> the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to Reuters, the
> legal actions charge Amazon and Alexa with breaking two federal laws,
> as well as the California Business and Professions Code.
>
> And while Reuters reported Amazon's denial of the allegations, the
> complaints recall the recent DoubleClick controversy. According to
> Martinez, computer security consultant Richard Smith, who found the
> problems in Alexa's software, was concerned about the way Alexa tracks
> Web pages by recording the entire address of each page. The story
> quoted Smith as saying, "Some [Web addresses] may contain personal
> information such as mailing addresses or customer account numbers.
> It's conceivable that someone like Alexa could tie it all together
> with your surfing patterns and create a profile." And, as Martinez
> reports, that's just what the lawsuit charges - that Alexa is
> combining its information with Amazon's customer accounts.
>
> So perhaps we should get ready for the next wave of conspiracy
> theories - that the denial-of-service attacks were really an attempt
> by Amazon to wag the dot-com. - Michelle Goldberg
>
> FTC Investigates Amazon's Alexa
> http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,9599,00.html?nl=mg
>
> Amazon Facing FTC Probe (Reuters)
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34192,00.html
>
> Amazon.com Subsidiary Probed (AP)
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/amazon_alexa000208.html
>
>
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