Bill Dawg's Journal: freaked out

So yesterday, for s&g's, I created a dummy account on christianmingle.com, just to browse.

E: [e-mail]
U: poorlonelyfred
P: Do3sntmatter

(Go ahead and log in and do whatever you want with that profile. I went to the "Remove Profile" function, and it said if I do I won't be able to log in, but they lie, of course.)

Anyways, earlier today I get a fucking email from them! To "complete my profile". I *never* gave them my TWC Roadrunner email addy. In fact, logging in with that email doesn't work, only the bogus one listed above works.

Yet when I clicked[1] the link in the email to manage my account, it went right into that profile. Even if some shit has been tracking[2] me across the web, how is my email address tied to my IP?!?!?!?

[1] Maybe I just verified to somebody that they tracked me down/mapped me correctly.

[2] IE 11's Tracking Protection feature turns out to be looking worthless. I'm not downloading someone else's list, but using the feature where it keeps a count of how many times the same resource, such as a web bug, is being used on different sites. Then it gives you a UI for those that show up across a minimum of 3 sites, that you can choose to Allow or Block. Only problem is, after a two or three weeks the list stopped being added to. (And it's showing things that have only appeared on 1 site.) Not really worth anything at all if it's limited to, whatever, only 200 items or so. (And strangely, I can't find anything about this Googling for it. Like I'm the only one on the face of the planet that's using it in that way. FML.)

p.s. fusta: If you want to respond, this is not about politics, so I'll read it; no reason to go AC.