[LINK] Another example of an email "web bug"

[Tony Barry]

At 7:59 PM +1000 30/8/01, Richard Archer wrote:
>My interest piqued I decided to look into this message a little deeper.
>I found that all the links within the body of the message, while they
>looked like www.vodafone.com.au/myvodafone, were in fact links to
>http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/clk;3212710;6244713;u?...
>Undoubtedly the 3212710 allows Double Click to identify which link was
>clicked on, and 6244713 is my very own personal magic number.

The result is they can build a database which ties your phone number 
and email address to an IP number and thence likely physical 
location. Right?

Tony
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