From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 01:33:09 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: mouse droppings
Message-ID: <199601261616.IAA11484@mailx.best.com>
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At 12:49 PM 1/24/96 -0500, j. ercole wrote:
>One issue, "mouse droppings" --- "a trail of every site they visit and for
>how long [on the www], was highlighted as an example of existing privacy
>regulations falling short of consumer expectations.  Apparently, the
>amorphous public is shocked, *SHOCKED* I tell you , to discover that their
>service providers are selling the personal preference information to the
>highest bidder.  More info in article.
>
>Would some rocket scientist speak to this terrifying mouse droppings issue?

Jeff Wienstein and others have provided, or are working on, various
technological solutions to this problem:  

Meanwhile the FTC wants to solve this privacy problem by checking out every
persons computer to make sure you are not keeping any privacy violating
information in your files.

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