Collection of links and examples to The Internet - a Fishing Net for Personal Data? Prof. Dr. Peter L. Heinzmann September 1st, 1997, IFA Berlin Symposium "The Internet - Privacy at an End?"

What to fish?

• Your electronic profile (e-mail address infos, AltaVista: Erweiterte Suche nach "fish and host:aol.com", ...)
• LiveCam pictures?
• Access statistics on Web-servers

Why to fish?

• Buldk e-mail (Spam on the Internet!)
• User behaviour (Web server usage at Iternet Access AG)

Where to fish?

• Transmission path (Traceroute Gateway)
• Live statistics of searched terms (Eule - Live-Suche)
• Agent input data (Bargain Finder)

What to do?

• Don't panic!
• Educate users (Your personal little Security check, Electronic Privacy Information Center, ...)
• Support technological and administrative improvements (Privacy protection tools, ANONYMOUS SURFING, W3C, ...)

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