> Shouldn't there be a way for a program to send bogus
> information back when such bugs are encountered?
You could just set your browser to not accept cookies. That would keep "bug" servers from tying site visits together. This is a fairly simple and obvious change; if you're accepting cookies, of course you can be tracked, because the point of a cookie is to keep track of who you are.
If you're really worried, there are free and fee-based anonymiser services, which serve as a proxy between your machine and the destination website. The best ones are actually quite interesting.
That said. Your personal information, such that it is, is the currency that is paid to the service provider in order to sell advertising. Is it ethical to provide no data or obfuscated data, knowing that it will hinder the ability of the service provider to pay their bills?
Marco
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