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The scariest part of all of this is that they can tell which physical computer you log in from. Sounds like a business opportunity: a proxy not only for your I

by edw519 15y ago

The scariest part of all of this is that they can tell which physical computer you log in from. Sounds like a business opportunity: a proxy not only for your IP address, but for your browser / cookies / history / operating system. I look forward to the day when all billion of us appear to be arriving from the same place.

sp332 15y ago
Why would you want that? It seems like both Amazon and the user come out ahead. Anyway you could just use a whitelist for cookies and set your user-agent string to something really generic.
- gospelwut 15y ago
  Like the Google Search Bot. That's always fun (and strangely unlocks a lot of sites).
maximusprime 15y ago
> "I look forward to the day when all billion of us appear to be arriving from the same place." Yeah nothing bad could happen there could it rolleyes
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freehunter 15y ago
This already happens on college campuses. I've seen IP bans on websites take down access to every student in the dorms because of their NAT setup.
feralchimp 15y ago
Expecting unique client machine/network profiles for each seller account seems fundamentally incompatible with a web-based access model. Then again, maybe it's merely incompatible with a Good web-based access model. Modest proposal: Distribute smart cards and readers to sellers, and use mutual-auth TLS for everything. Or offer this as an option to anyone willing to pay $xxx for their initial sign-up fee.
- r00fus 15y ago
  > Distribute smart cards and readers to sellers Jeebus, this makes too much sense. If Blizzard can hand out OTP generators for it's users, surely Amazon or retailers can do the same for it's sellers. Hell, look to Google and their Authenticator app or SMS-based 2-step login (out of band auth channel would be better).
gus_massa 15y ago
To see how easy is to identify your computer, go to the EFF site: https://panopticlick.eff.org/ https://panopticlick.eff.org/

by edw519 15y ago

sp332 15y ago

Why would you want that? It seems like both Amazon and the user come out ahead. Anyway you could just use a whitelist for cookies and set your user-agent string to something really generic.

gospelwut 15y ago
Like the Google Search Bot. That's always fun (and strangely unlocks a lot of sites).

maximusprime 15y ago

> "I look forward to the day when all billion of us appear to be arriving from the same place." Yeah nothing bad could happen there could it rolleyes

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freehunter 15y ago

This already happens on college campuses. I've seen IP bans on websites take down access to every student in the dorms because of their NAT setup.

feralchimp 15y ago

Expecting unique client machine/network profiles for each seller account seems fundamentally incompatible with a web-based access model. Then again, maybe it's merely incompatible with a Good web-based access model. Modest proposal: Distribute smart cards and readers to sellers, and use mutual-auth TLS for everything. Or offer this as an option to anyone willing to pay $xxx for their initial sign-up fee.

r00fus 15y ago
> Distribute smart cards and readers to sellers Jeebus, this makes too much sense. If Blizzard can hand out OTP generators for it's users, surely Amazon or retailers can do the same for it's sellers. Hell, look to Google and their Authenticator app or SMS-based 2-step login (out of band auth channel would be better).

gus_massa 15y ago

To see how easy is to identify your computer, go to the EFF site: https://panopticlick.eff.org/ https://panopticlick.eff.org/