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Re: mouse droppings
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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