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Re:Dear ICO, Sue Us by wtracz on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @08:37AM (#4479037)
Until the ICO start taking people to court it will stay ridiculous, but I think the intent of it is important. Using etags to track individuals is really no different to a cookie with a unique ID...

Having a 10 page complaint form is what is dumb. Why can't you just send a suspect URL, then have it scoured for dubious cookies?

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Re:Dear ICO, Sue Us by rfergie on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @08:57AM (#4479102)
There is a difference between etags and cookies: I know how to delete cookies and I don't know how to delete etags.

I think this is an important distinction and is one of the reasons I was disgusted with Kissmetrics using etags to identify users

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