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On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 12:53 +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote: > ...if someone sees a page with a result and clicks on it, > they then check the logs they get an indication of the fact that someone > is searching for that something, so that something becomes significant... > > That's how "Belle du Jour" was outed recently... Actually, it isn't. A clever blogger who thought he had identified her set up a page which would serve as a tripwire or early warning that someone was on her track. When that page was called in a search he identified the caller as one of the gutter press, and alerted her via her pseudonymous contact arrangements. According to his blog that is. -- A -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html