[Sigia-l] New A9.com service from Amazon (search engine)

[Pabini Gabriel-Petit]

Hi Ziya

Exactly why, when I discovered Alexa, then A9 many months ago, I chose not
to use their toolbar, even though I really wanted the features it provides.
I don't mind cookies, because they're on my computer and are used only by an
organization with which I've chosen to have a relationship. God knows in
whose hands one's personal information on A9 might end up. They'll have to
radically change their privacy policy before I'll ever use their toolbar.

Pabini

Ziya wrote: I remember when the notion of a "cookie" first hit the general
public and
> you couldn't read anything without bumping into some org complaining about
> the intrusiveness of it and the projected loss of privacy.
>
> Fast forward, A9 hails complete (remote) persistence of your browsing
> history as one of its main features, not to say anything about the visions
> of merging that with purchasing history and marketing. How time flies!