Re: [ICANN-EU] Re: University Based Indepedent Discussion Board

["Andreas Fügner" <Andreas.Fuegner@lizenz.com>]

Dear Lutz:

>But I oppose blind hate against cookies. I did read the reasonings for them
>and know the misuse potential. All my browsers show me which cookies I get
>and ask me for accepting them. I regulary clean up my cookies files.


And the regular user, remember, these are the people you want to represent
on the Board of ICANN, is naturaly capable of and willing to do the same.

>If somebody assumes that cookies are the privacy killers from hell, he did
>not understand the concept of a session and the alternatives. URL rewriting
>causes the "cookies" to be stored in proxy logs and pollute the web caches.
>Hidden form fields requires a form navigation or a incredible linking
style,
>which in turn has the same consequences as URL rewriting. All those
>solutions causes a huge load on the server.


And, the load on the server is way more important to you than the user
who gains nothing in this particular case.

You show your preferences when deciding who's interests are more relevant
very clearly here. You care less about the user then the technological
advance
of the industry.

Andreas Fuegner