Sunday, December 09, 2007
We're watching You
Well after taking this class this semester we all now know that there is no such thing as privacey on the internet. A very commonly used website today is Myspace, and yes even a website as rediculouse as Myspace is far from private or safe. People take surveys and post bulletins thinking that only there friends can read them. Actually most of those clever surveys are made by marketing firms and are used for research. It's collecting information about you with out your consent. Yes folks there is absolutley no privacey on the internet. Even sites that claim to have a secure connection so you can feel comfortable with giving something like credit card information is far from secure. If someone wants that information you best believe they are going to get it, it's really not all that hard. There are many people using the internet for fraud, stealing, predators and many other forms of illegal activity. And keep in mind that everything single thing you click on is monitered and you leave your history trail everywhere you have been. Everyone has an ISP that is unique to their computer.
"ISPs do, however, collect at least some information about the consumers using their services. From a privacy standpoint, the ideal ISP would collect only as much information as it requires in order to provide Internet connectivity (IP address, billing information if applicable, etc). A common belief exists that most ISPs collect additional information, such as aggregate browsing habits or even personally-identifiable URL histories."(wikipedia) Other fun little things that interupt your privacey are also spyware and addware, web bugs, phishing, malicious proxy servers, cookies and other tracking devices.
Data logging, everthing is recorded. From what websites you go to, to how long you spend looking at each page. You would think for sure that there would be laws and courts doing something about this mass invasion. On the flip side it is hard for them to get many of the criminals on the net because of their fourth amendment rights, which protects them, when what there doing is violating your fourth amendment rights. For example check the supreme court case US vs. Zeigler.
"Yahoo! and MSN search data
Data from major Internet companies, including Yahoo! and MSN (Microsoft) have already been subpoenaed by the United States[8] and China[9]. AOL even provided a chunk of its own search data online[10], allowing reporters to track the online behaviour of private individuals"(wikipedia)
Here is something I found that I thought was kind of scarey. All you have to do is click on it and watch what happens. http://www.bfletcher.com/bfletcher/privacy.asp
"ISPs do, however, collect at least some information about the consumers using their services. From a privacy standpoint, the ideal ISP would collect only as much information as it requires in order to provide Internet connectivity (IP address, billing information if applicable, etc). A common belief exists that most ISPs collect additional information, such as aggregate browsing habits or even personally-identifiable URL histories."(wikipedia) Other fun little things that interupt your privacey are also spyware and addware, web bugs, phishing, malicious proxy servers, cookies and other tracking devices.
Data logging, everthing is recorded. From what websites you go to, to how long you spend looking at each page. You would think for sure that there would be laws and courts doing something about this mass invasion. On the flip side it is hard for them to get many of the criminals on the net because of their fourth amendment rights, which protects them, when what there doing is violating your fourth amendment rights. For example check the supreme court case US vs. Zeigler.
"Yahoo! and MSN search data
Data from major Internet companies, including Yahoo! and MSN (Microsoft) have already been subpoenaed by the United States[8] and China[9]. AOL even provided a chunk of its own search data online[10], allowing reporters to track the online behaviour of private individuals"(wikipedia)
Here is something I found that I thought was kind of scarey. All you have to do is click on it and watch what happens. http://www.bfletcher.com/bfletcher/privacy.asp
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A good post. You have a lot of material here. Remember to proof-read and spell-check.
Collecting and storing personal information is a big business these days.
One of the most interesting types of data collection going on today is not just the important numbers and identity info that are being stolen, it is the tracking of our habits, our behavior, our travels around the web are all being analyzed for marketing purposes and other motives as well.
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Collecting and storing personal information is a big business these days.
One of the most interesting types of data collection going on today is not just the important numbers and identity info that are being stolen, it is the tracking of our habits, our behavior, our travels around the web are all being analyzed for marketing purposes and other motives as well.
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