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Adware - Is It Safe?
What is Adware? Adware is a software program that you install on your computer that displays advertisements while the program is running, either as a banner within the program or as a popup. This can be a good thing. It helps keep the program free...
Great Printing Expectations
Ideally, we would want to have printed what we see on our computer monitors exactly as it looks. But such is not the case in reality. It is a fact that there exist a certain degree of difference between what is perceived from computer screens...
Installing Printer Drivers
A printer driver is a piece of software that allows the computer to talk to the printer. Without it the printer would be hopelessly lost since they do not speak the same language. Many times the printer manufacturer will find new and better ways to...
Some "Free Stuff" Still Survives Online
Way back in the good old days of the Internet (mid to late 'Nineties), you could find all sorts of free "stuff" online. Everything from website hosting and email, to software and long distance phone calls came free of charge. Some of the free...
Spyware, Adware and other malicious softwares: What are they?
The world we live in today is mostly governed by
high-speed in almost every aspect. From the cars we drive
to the internet that we use. It's all about speed, fast and now.
Technology has taken steps in keeping up with the phase of
modern...
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Privacy Heat Generates Little Light
Privacy and security are topics I've been following closely for over
two years online and off. I know I've seen some rather vehement and
heated opinions voiced on Privacy and I've watched otherwise very
level-headed discussions turn rather boistrous when privacy issues
come up in conversations of internet industry marketing or security
veterans.
An innocent comment on spam can cause unimaginable eruptions of
heated emotions at a internet professional gathering. Vast hotel
ballrooms overflow at web conferences to hear panel discussions
on IT infrastructure security issues since September 11, 2001.
Databases of customer information have been fought over in dot com
bankruptcies while accidental exposures of private information is
unwittingly made public by simple human error handling email soft-
ware. Privacy issues made DoubleClick famous overnight.
I watched two episodes of the popular network television show
"Law and Order" just this month that dealt with innocent death due
to a hacker killing diabetics in one show and a stalker accessing
private information purchased from datamining profiteers to kill
an innocent in another show. These programs
are supposedly based
on real-life cases. Privacy issues have made it to Prime-Time on
60 Minutes repeatedly, from identity theft to facial recognition
software to airport security matters.
What permission is presumed given by subscribers when they join a
discussion list as to Privacy concerns? Do you include their email
address on subscriber posts? Do you have permission to contact them
for stand-alone ads from list advertisers? Does your web site privacy
policy apply to your list subscribers and if not, can you then archive
the list online? What if you remove those email addresses before
archiving?
Privacy has been a growing topic of concern among the US public
since 11 September. Harris found that 91% of US consumers say
they would be more likely to do business with a company that
verified its privacy practices with a third party.
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About the Author
Mike Banks Valentine is the Moderator of the newly launched
Discussion list from Adventive.com called I-Privacy
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