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This is just getting freaking annoying. I feel somewhat...dirty...having a Ron Paul Cookie proffer every time I log in to my site.

I've posted this message on BLOGGER HELP and GOOGLE-SOMETHING BROKEN, and to the Ron Paul 2008 dot com web site...

TO: Blogger Support

FROM: serr8d@hotmail.com

RE: Unwanted cookies proffered to visitors to my homepage from BLOGGER script running on my Blogger web log, and also offered to me when I log in to the BLOGGER Start Page

I log and monitor cookie access using my Firefox browser.Since 11/18/07, I've noticed a Cookie Request on my home page and when I log on to Blogger's start page for Ron Paul 2008 dot com. Please see my blog posts (URL'ed below) for details.

I've run numerous checks for spy software and viruses; there is nothing in my PC's. This issue is external to my PC's.

By removing the site from my Firefox Privacy/Cookies/Exceptions list I've determined, using the Firefox add on "NoScript", that the cookie request comes from the BLOGGER script. I shut down every script running, and found the cookie request disappeared when the BLOGGER script was disabled. Note that the BLOGGER script is invisible at my homepage; the cookie request was only disabled at the BLOGGER START PAGE.

Is there some reason Blogger-GOOGLE is in collusion with Ron Paul 2008 dot com to set a cookie to visitors to my homepage? Please advise. I have never visited RonPaul2008dotcom, and have no desire to have my site proffer a cookie request to me or to my site visitors from ronpaul2008dotcom.

Thank you for your attention/response to this issue.

Blog URL: http://serr8d.blogspot.com/

Blog Posts detailing the Ron Paul script exploit:

http://serr8d.blogspot.com/2007/11/google-blogger-in-bed-with-ron-paul.html »http://tinyurl.com/365p2s«

http://serr8d.blogspot.com/2007/11/ron-paul-doing-strange-things-with.html »http://tinyurl.com/3dpgrh«

Hmmmph.

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The problem is solved. An excellent job of sleuthing by the Ron Paul Website Team:

Hello Serr,

Below is the findings of our investigation at your request. Apologies
for any confusion or frustration this caused you - it took our lead
programmer about two hours to track down the source. In short -
another site is now redirecting all traffic to ronpaul2008.com which
causes a 404 error that creates the culprit cookie. Removing this now
defunct abortion widget code from your blog will fix the problem.

Cheers,
Wyatt


> RE: Ron Paul Cookie Exploit
> After a bit of hunting, I've found the cause is this:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?&q=abortionbox%2Fabortion.png
>
> This fellow at evilfurby.com created a widget to raise awareness about
> abortion. He has since redirected all his site traffic to
> ronpaul2008.com/{URL request}.
> Since the widget contains a link to
> http://evilfurby.com/abortionbox/abortion.png,
> It now redirects to http://www.ronpaul2008.com/abortionbox/abortion.png,
> which gives a
> 404 error. Serr has used the abortion widget on his site, which is what is
> causing the 404
> and cookie to load. evilfurby.com should also be contacted to redirect his
> traffic to only
> the Ron Paul home page instead.

So, evilfurby is defunct, and now is Ron Paul's handmaiden.

That little anti-abortion widget was designed to bring to attention the number of American Children killed by Abortion since the start of the Iraq war. Last I checked, the number was approaching 6 MILLION...roughly the same number as was killed in the Holocaust.

Ron Paul gets kudos for his anti-abortion stance.

But so does Fred Thompson...

I replaced the redirected picture/link with this one...



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