[citw150] CITW 150 L3 Q5
- From: Nick Hardin <nhardin2000@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:57:22 -0700 (PDT)
I chose Clear GIF Web Bugs as the societal issue involving the Internet. Clear
GIF Web Bugs are an out of control privacy invasion. I don?t think most people
know much about them and for the most part you don?t see them. Advertising
companies use them to build data bases for profiling. This is an overlooked
problem, people complain about spam mail and pop-ups, but they have to get
their information from somewhere. When a website doesn?t tell you that they
are monitoring you and what they are using to monitor you, then you should
assume that you would not want them to know that information. You can turn
your cookies off, but then you have trouble getting onto some web sites and
viewing them properly. I think there should be large fines for companies that
are spying and collecting your data without your permission.
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Marketing/web_bug.html
Think Positive
Nickolas Hardin
NHardin2000@xxxxxxxxx
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