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pandas66

As I've been flitting about the boards I've noticed an eye with a no entry sign appear on my lower task bar.

Never seen it before and it doesn't appear on all the boards I 've been browsing.

But whose eye is it? and am I being watched or am I watching?

I do have a new pc, this isn't on the works pc either.

sra

This?:



It means a cookie has been blocked. Though why MSE cookies would be blocked I'm not sure.

I get it all the time when using IE for other sites because the security level set for the "internet" zone is set to automatically block third-party cookies, and also security programs like spywareblaster blocks a big list of sites that I wouldn't want to be tracked by.

Next tiime it appears, double-click it and see if it tells you what was blocked.

You could also go to Tools, Internet Options, and click on the Privacy tab to see if you've got it set very High/Block Cookies rather than High or Medium High (IE6)

Pink.

Hi panda,

I've noticed the same thing a couple of times earlier today.......no idea why though. It's never happened on MSE for me before.

Pink

pandas66

not got it on this thread...............I'll be back.

pandas66

Woohooo

clicked in moneysaving in families, no eye
clicked in freebies and on a thread, no eye
clicked in mortgages and in a thread, no eye
clicked in the arms and in a thread, christmas avatars, theres the eye!

going back now to click on icon............
clicked

pandas66

left or right click nothing, hovering it just read privacy report.........

nelly_2

pandas66 wrote:

left or right click nothing, hovering it just read privacy report.........

its all that lezzy !!!!!! you keep looking at

nelly_2

sra wrote:

This?:



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I get it all the time when using IE for other sites because the security level set for the "internet" zone is set to automatically block third-party cookies, )

whats a third-party cookie?

ill take it, 1st and 2nd are to do with my pc and the website I visit (?)

pandas66

nelly wrote:

its all that lezzy !!!!!! you keep looking at

oiy ger off my fred............look at the ikkle smile at the end of the comment, makes it all sweet........not!

sra

Third party cookies are extra ones sites often throw at you on behalf of their advertisers.

Firefox recently (very controversially) dropped the ability to block third-party cookies. They said that in actual fact it's not really possible to block them fully and having the option was just giving people a false sense of security.