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[Bob Dion]

Dave Arbogast wrote:
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> Bob Dion wrote:
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>> Dave Arbogast wrote:
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>>> Bob Dion wrote:
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>>>> Jeff Hanson wrote:
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>>>>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:00 PM,  <lnovak1 at ford.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>                [4]Microsoft speculates on ad-supported Sync
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>>>>> I can see the potential in it.  The ECU could signal Sync that the
>>>>> engine efficiency is lower than normal.  Sync could then suggest
>>>>> solutions the driver can select from like "Gummout Anti-Virus for
>>>>> ECUs".
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>>>> and here's an interesting article that showed up in the free press a 
>>>> couple weeks ago. Looks like MS up to their old tricks again, make 
>>>> someone else's system malfunction so they can replace it with their own.
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>>>> Sync, navigation a bad match
>>>> Together they make iPod play frustrating
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>>>> http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080217/COL14/802170637/
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>>>> BD
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>>> Notice the FreePress slurping a little info from you? Twice that page 
>>> attempts to send data back a couple of times?
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>>> http://gcirm.dmp.gcion.com/RealMedia/ads/
>>> http://js.revsci.net/gateway/gw.js?csid=J06575
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>>> -dave
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>> How did you detect this?
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>> I have ad blocker on so I didn't see the ads and I don't except cookies 
>>from third party servers.
>> BD
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> my browser (Mozilla/5.0) does not have the security warnings turned off. 
> So when I got 2 prompts that I was about to send unencrypted 
> information, when all I did was load the link you sent us, I took notice 
> and poked around the source for the domain I watched loading when it 
> attempted to send back information to a host other than what I requested.
> 
> -dave

Thanks for the warning.