If you don't log off RB, and just "x out" of the browser window, the cookies they leave keep operating and respond to other programs as well. Some of the little "gifts" from RB can actually track and report keystrokes to the RB cgi interface.
Since the CGI scripting is tuned to your IP address, they can track anything you do on the Internet while you're logged in. Including private email, if they wanted.....
You might as well be using AOL if you don't log off RB. I recommend that you always log out when you leave.... I do!
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