And to add another aspect... Maybe your privacy is less threatened by individuals such as the one attempting step (1)-(4) than BigBrother himself: See quote below from http://www.google-watch.org/krane.html They ask some reasonable questions: - Why does google need a cookie that doesn't expires before 2038? - Why logging the originating IP (i.e. if you just throw your cookies away while having a (semi)static IP, an 'unusual' OS plus browser, still makes you a pretty unique client)
And on http://www.google-watch.org/jobad.html - Why does google want to hire a Deployment Engineer (with security clearance): "Must have current government top security clearance (TS/SI)." "Google currently does not allow outsiders to gain access to raw data because of privacy concerns. Searches are logged by time of day, originating I.P. address (information that can be used to link searches to a specific computer), and the sites on which the user clicked. People tell things to search engines that they would never talk about publicly -- Viagra, pregnancy scares, fraud, face lifts. What is interesting in the aggregate can seem an invasion of privacy if narrowed to an individual. "So, does Google ever get subpoenas for its information? 'Google does not comment on the details of legal matters involving Google,' Mr. Brin responded." -- New York Times, 28 November 2002" On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Harald Sundt wrote: > Can it REALLY be this easy? > > Hal > > > Quote: > > I can't see the posts you're responding to (since I surf here through > Google Groups), but if some troll doesn't understand the need for > privacy, it's easy to convince them otherwise. Here's how to do it: > > 1) Get the person's IP address from their post's headers, then trace > the IP addy to the Internet Service Provider. > > 2) Posing as an attorney or police detective, call the person's > Internet Service Provider and ask them who used that IP address. > > 3) At this point, the idiot employee of the ISP usually tells you > everything he knows. > > - But if he doesn't tell you, then all you have to > do is mail certified a fake subpoena to the ISP and then get the > records that way. (Almost nobody knows what a real subpoena looks > like, so it's easy to fake one.)- > > 4) Once you have the person's name and address, you can do a public > records search for their Date of Birth. Also, the Social Security > Number usually appears in one record or another. (Depending on the > state they live in, their driver's registration records might reveal > it for example.) > > 5) Then post on Usenet the person's name, address, date of birth, > Social Security Number, and driver's license number. > > 6) The final result is that the person will then realize how important > privacy is. > > :) > > :Unquote _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
