 So far I have seen statements about EBAY getting...
your MAC address, computer serial number, host name, IP Address, etc.
OK, we know how they get IP Address right?
And if they could get your MAC Address and Computer Serial Number, what in the heck would they need cookies for? They would have you identified already. Cookies would be totally unnecessary.
Now folks, show me one site on the internet, the entire internet, that displays your mac address and/or your host name and/or your computer serial number during a check of your system.
If anyone could do it, they would have.
EBAY wants to keep your cookies around because it is all they can truly depend upon to identify you. Even IP address is transient, in case you didn't understand dial-up, proxies, etc.
Geesh.
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