From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 11:30:38 +0800
To: Bob Palacios <editor@cdt.org>
Subject: Re: Policy Post 2.21 - Your Privacy Online: CDT Unveils Demo & Clearinghouse
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One can easily mess with the cookie file ...

See http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html for info
on cookies. The only useful information the demo returns is taken from 
the domain associated with the address of the user. Must be for people 
who have never seen nslookup, whois, or run expn on the SMTP port of a 
server ...

My $.02

- r.w.


On Thu, 30 May 1996, Bob Palacios wrote:

> 
> (1) Your Privacy Online - CDT Unveils Demonstration & Clearinghouse
> 
> Many people surf the World Wide Web with an illusion of anonymity,
> believing that their activities are unobserved and that they can explore
> the Internet without leaving a trail.  In reality, this is not the case.
> 
> During the normal course of using the Internet, a great deal of personally
> revealing information is routinely generated, collected, and stored.  Most
> of this information is collected for purposes of system maintenance,
> billing, or other necessary functions.  But a sophisticated marketer,
> determined hacker, or law enforcement official can put together a detailed
> profile of your online activities, personal tastes, interests, habits and
> vices with relative ease.
> 
> Today, the Center for Democracy and Technology unveiled an interactive
> privacy demonstration and privacy policy clearinghouse on our World Wide
> Web site. The demonstration is located at
> 
>                     http://www.cdt.org/privacy/
>