Daniel Aleksandersen

Posts tagged with "the-web"

Is getting user consent for cookies really such a bad thing?

Tuesday, 17. November 2009, 15:49:00

The new cookie consent law in the EU was passed earlier this week. A quick summary of the law follows:

[A Web site cannot set or access cookies unless the user] has given his or her consent, having been provided with clear and comprehensive information.”

What this means is that Web sites in Europe have to start asking their users before they set cookies. They also have to explain what the cookies are used for, and—if I am understanding the law right—what information, exactly, the cookie contains.

Disclosure: I am not a lawyer, and this isn’t legal advice. My interpretation of the law is a bit utopian and may not be correct. Feel free to add a comment to correct me.

This also means developers will have think before setting cookies. Every Web site you go to bombards you with unnecessary and most often unwanted cookies. Imagine that situation changing when developers would have to think first!

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How to: Create more legit looking spam/scam mails

Tuesday, 3. November 2009, 15:19:00

web-analytics, the-web, online-privacy

Here I will explain how you can create more legitimate looking scam email. As an example, we will be gathering personal data including name, email address, and which banks and credit card companies you have a costumer relationship with. Let us get started!

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What search engine have the better answer?

Tuesday, 21. July 2009, 13:00:00

the-web

Is it Bing, Yahoo! Search, Ask.com, or Google? It’s neither one. Cuil has the better answer and even the correct URL to go along with it. I asked: better browser?

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Adding StatCounter to your My Opera blog

Tuesday, 23. June 2009, 22:09:10

web-analytics, the-web, myopera

My Opera provides built-in usage tracking for your page with HitsLink. But what if you are not happy with their report? or maybe you just want a second opinion? Anyhow, here is a quick starter guide for how you can invisibly track visitors on your pages with StatCounter.

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New Opera.com Portal page

Monday, 22. June 2009, 06:11:56

the-web

I am not into start and portal pages. I think they are outdated and cannot fathom why someone would want them. The new Opera.com Portal page (Opera’s default homepage), however, deserves being mentioned for one important point:

Users can turn off the advertisement if the choose to.

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