I completely agree with you on this issue because companies should be responsible for what they are doing, and if they are spying on people and taking your information without you knowing about it, there should be criminal charges. I think privacy needs to continue to improve so people can feel safer when on the net. Josh Holcomb Nick Hardin <nhardin2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 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 of f, 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 --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. I have gathered a posie of other men?s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own. Josh Holcomb Holcomj8@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.