This website does not track you.
It contains no private information. It does not drop persistent cookies, does not collect data other than incoming ip addresses and page views (the internet is a public place), and certainly does not collect and sell your information to others.
Some sites that I link to may try to track you, but that's between you and them, not you and me.
I do collect statistics, but I use a simple stand-alone Wordpress plugin, not third-party services such as Google Analitics over which I have no control.
Finally, this is website is a hobby. It's a hobby in which I am deeply invested, about which I care deeply, and which has enabled me to learn a lot about computers and computing, but it is still ultimately an avocation, not a vocation; it is certainly not a money-making enterprise (unless you click the "Donate" button--go ahead, you can be the first!).
I appreciate your visiting this site, and I desire not to violate your trust.
May 1, 2006 at 6:12 pm
Speaking of bots and computer security, I was just reading today a post from Friday, about a DDoS attack, mislabeled as a DoS attack, on a webhost that also happened to carry a bunch of conservative bloggers. Since they do shared hosting, of course, many blogs were affected.
The belief? That since incoming IP addresses resolved to Saudi Arabia, it must be cyber-jihadists.
My breakdown? Descriptions of a DDoS attack, some likely scenarios, how just because an IP says it comes from Saudi Arabia doesn’t mean it really did.
Conservative bloggers. Misrepresenting and twisting the truth since 2000.
May 2, 2006 at 5:42 am
And you expected them to do their homework?
“Politics uber truth,” the rightwing motto.
May 3, 2006 at 8:00 pm
It actually got quite heated at times and in the end, I was called out on whether “I was a believer” or not. I think this post answered the question quite well.