New Amazon Affiliate Program Can Track Users
Amazon's new "honor system," a scheme that allows Internet users to donate money to their favorite web sites, also increases the ability of the company to track users. An Amazon spokesperson claims that the company will "hobble" their servers to prevent the collection of personally-identifiable information from the program.Is Amazon's Honor Plan Honorable?, Wired, February 6, 2001.
Amazon to collect donations for poor Web sites - at a price, Register, February 6, 2001.
