Comments on: Why is Sears tracking users’ Internet activity? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/why-is-sears-tracking-users-internet-activity/ A SearchSecurity.com blog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:28:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Stop Flashplayer Cookies http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/why-is-sears-tracking-users-internet-activity/#comment-461 Stop Flashplayer Cookies Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:58:16 +0000 http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/01/04/why-is-sears-tracking-users-internet-activity/#comment-461 Why focus on SEARS? Where is any discussion of Adobe/Macromedia's secret Flashplayer cookies that are TOTALLY INVASIVE and SECRET?? Let's see some pressure put onto Adobe/Macromedia to put a stop to their Flashplayer cookie snooping. If you don't know about Flash cookies, do a search on your hard drive for *.sol and prepare to be surprised and maybe PI$$#D !! Then contact Adobe and tell them they need to issue a patch for the Flashplayer that puts TOTAL CONTROL of COOKIES into the hands of the end-user instead of (1) hiding their snoop-mechanisms & (2) once end-users discover them, forcing us to go over to adobe.com and change settings through some interface ON the adobe.com site! Enough is enough. People need to start growing a backbone where PRIVACY and SECURITY are concerned. Why focus on SEARS? Where is any discussion of Adobe/Macromedia’s secret Flashplayer cookies that are TOTALLY INVASIVE and SECRET??

Let’s see some pressure put onto Adobe/Macromedia to put a stop to their Flashplayer cookie snooping.

If you don’t know about Flash cookies, do a search on your hard drive for *.sol and prepare to be surprised and maybe PI$$#D !!

Then contact Adobe and tell them they need to issue a patch for the Flashplayer that puts TOTAL CONTROL of COOKIES into the hands of the end-user instead of (1) hiding their snoop-mechanisms & (2) once end-users discover them, forcing us to go over to <a href="http://adobe.com" title="http://adobe. " target="_blank">adobe.com</a> and change settings through some interface ON the <a href="http://adobe.com" title="http://adobe. " target="_blank">adobe.com</a> site!

Enough is enough. People need to start growing a backbone where PRIVACY and SECURITY are concerned.

]]> By: R Burns http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/why-is-sears-tracking-users-internet-activity/#comment-460 R Burns Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:09:44 +0000 http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/01/04/why-is-sears-tracking-users-internet-activity/#comment-460 OMG! Only from the company that uses the solgan, and also used by Tye Pennington from Home Makeover "That America Trusts!" I have shopped with them all my life and it continues to get worse there every year. Now that KMart owns them what else can happen... Also remember that for years KMart ones one of the leaders in the industry when it comes to data with their Teradata systems. Not that they ever really used it very effectively...... OMG!

Only from the company that uses the solgan, and also used by Tye
Pennington from Home Makeover “That America Trusts!”

I have shopped with them all my life and it continues to get worse there every year. Now that KMart owns them what else can happen…
Also remember that for years KMart ones one of the leaders in the industry when it comes to data with their Teradata systems. Not that they ever really used it very effectively……

]]> By: Doug’s Dynamic Drivel » Sears caught with their hands on your data! http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/why-is-sears-tracking-users-internet-activity/#comment-459 Doug’s Dynamic Drivel » Sears caught with their hands on your data! Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:58:23 +0000 http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/01/04/why-is-sears-tracking-users-internet-activity/#comment-459 [...] It appears that Fortune 500 company Sears did not learn anything from the Sony/BMG rootkit fiasco a few years back. A SearchSecurity.com blog reports that It seems that Sears, which sells just about everything under the sun, has decided to get into the spyware business too. The retail giant recently has come under fire from a researcher at CA who discovered that Sears’ Web site installs a nifty piece of tracking software developed by ComScore on the machines of some people who join the company’s My SHC community. The researcher, Benjamin Googins, describes in great detail on CA’s security blog exactly what the software does, how little notice Sears.com gives users about the program’s capabilities and how much data it collects. [...] [...] It appears that Fortune 500 company Sears did not learn anything from the Sony/BMG rootkit fiasco a few years back. A <a href="http://SearchSecurity.com" title="http://SearchSecurity. " target="_blank">SearchSecurity.com</a> blog reports that It seems that Sears, which sells just about everything under the sun, has decided to get into the spyware business too. The retail giant recently has come under fire from a researcher at CA who discovered that Sears’ Web site installs a nifty piece of tracking software developed by ComScore on the machines of some people who join the company’s My SHC community. The researcher, Benjamin Googins, describes in great detail on CA’s security blog exactly what the software does, how little notice <a href="http://Sears.com" title="http://Sears. " target="_blank">Sears.com</a> gives users about the program’s capabilities and how much data it collects. [...]

]]> By: Sears spyware illustrates perils of online commerce — Security Bytes http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/why-is-sears-tracking-users-internet-activity/#comment-458 Sears spyware illustrates perils of online commerce — Security Bytes Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:38:18 +0000 http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/01/04/why-is-sears-tracking-users-internet-activity/#comment-458 [...] My colleague, Dennis Fisher, has already blogged about Sears using spyware on its customers. But since I’ve come across plenty of blog chatter that reflects his opinion and mine, I’ve decided to offer my two cents. So thanks for indulging me this week… Every now and then, a big company does something to remind us how easy it is to get burned when conducting commerce in cyberspace. The latest example comes from retail giant Sears, which has decided it’s OK to use spyware on its customers. [...] [...] My colleague, Dennis Fisher, has already blogged about Sears using spyware on its customers. But since I’ve come across plenty of blog chatter that reflects his opinion and mine, I’ve decided to offer my two cents. So thanks for indulging me this week… Every now and then, a big company does something to remind us how easy it is to get burned when conducting commerce in cyberspace. The latest example comes from retail giant Sears, which has decided it’s OK to use spyware on its customers. [...]

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