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Just read this piece about Corals installing spying software
http://www.geegeez.co.uk/iesnare-how-bookmakers-are-spying-on-you-from-your-own-computer/If you run Firefox this is a good add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/
If you run Firefox this is a good add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/
Thank you Matron, Firefox says it will remove any suspicious spyware each time I log off..
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Forgot to also thank Tim James for highlighting this worrying feature..Thanks Tim
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...This problem with websites storing flash cookies on your system was reported back as far as 2008.
You can managed your flash player settings on line here:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.htmlI have never visited the Coral website before, did it install “iesnare” on my system, the simple answer is yes it did, will they be able to install it again, the answer is no they won’t.
Due to data protection laws, they are supposed to inform you that they use “cookies”, maybe the law doesn’t apply to Corals.
Back in the 90’s in my hacking days, I used to rewrite a websites tracking cookies, it used to cause them havoc, as I am older and wiser, ok the real reason is the novelty wore off, I don’t do it any more.
Mike.
Hi guys,
I have raised this with higher powers and will let you know if anything changes.
I believe that article isn’t very reliable as tracking cookies are used by the majority of major online retailers and betting firms. Pinpointing Coral is rather misleading. The term ‘spying’ is also a huge exaggeration. It’s not as if companies using iesnare can view your private activities, snatch your passwords or take any sensitive information. These tools only give a very vague and anonymous outline of a customer’s online behaviour.
I have raised this with higher powers and will let you know if anything changes.
For anybody who believes that tracking cookies are innocent watch this video:
https://youtu.be/IYLCCZUnpzw?list=UUnG5KTFn12_37ZzGZ25N-zgThen you go and get a VPN (Virtual private network) account like I have at “Hidemyass”, a years membership costs
me about £50 a year.All the websites my ISP Virgin Media have blocked are all open to me…
Mike.
I have raised this with higher powers and will let you know if anything changes.
For anybody who believes that tracking cookies are innocent watch this video:
https://youtu.be/IYLCCZUnpzw?list=UUnG5KTFn12_37ZzGZ25N-zgThen you go and get a VPN (Virtual private network) account like I have at “Hidemyass”, a years membership costs
me about £50 a year.All the websites my ISP Virgin Media have blocked are all open to me…
Mike.
Mike,
that HMA site looks interesting (though I smiled when it warned ‘This site uses cookies to function’). Would it, for example, let me watch PGA golf in the USA (I’ve tried in the past and got an ‘out of area’ rejection.Would it, for example, let me watch PGA golf in the USA (I’ve tried in the past and got an ‘out of area’ rejection.
Yes it would, they supply anonymous USA proxies.
Mike.
Hi guys,
I have raised this with higher powers and will let you know if anything changes.
I believe that article isn’t very reliable as tracking cookies are used by the majority of major online retailers and betting firms. Pinpointing Coral is rather misleading. The term ‘spying’ is also a huge exaggeration. It’s not as if companies using iesnare can view your private activities, snatch your passwords or take any sensitive information. These tools only give a very vague and anonymous outline of a customer’s online behaviour.
iesnare is more than a tracking cookie. It records all the necessary details of individual machines and stores them on a database in USA. The data is sold to any other bookmaker that wants it. It also records every page you click on whether that is bookmaker A, B or C.
As has been pointed out iesnare is old news but they have far more sinister stuff now that can obtain any information it wants and using a proxy server won’t help you.using a proxy server won’t help you
If you use a Virtual private network (VPN) like I do, Iesnare can’t tag you, you could use “Tor”
but that runs too slow.EDIT UPDATE:
I just tested a VPN session I was running against a website address, and it was possible to read my
public IP address and the VPN servers IP address.
I just sent off an email to “hidemyass.com” with my findings, so it looks like Robert99 was right to a point
I have been doing some research on the problem of not being anonymous on the internet using my VPN account.
What I discovered, if I used Chrome or Firefox as my browser, due to the technology they use I was not totally anonymous, when I used IE 11 as my browser I was anonymous.
Another useless piece of information to ponder over…
Mike.
The only information I would like from Coral is the phone number of the girl in TYF’s avatar…….
Gaelic Warrior Gold Cup Winner 2026
The only information I would like from Coral is the phone number of the girl in TYF’s avatar…….
Will her Twitter account do, Nathan?
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