Internet Security

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The same features that make the Internet
so appealing such as interactivity, versatile communication, and customizability
also make it an ideal way for someone to keep a careful watch on the user
without them being aware of it (Lemmons 1). It may not seem like it but it is
completely possible to build a personal profile on someone just by tracking them
in cyperspace. Every action a person does while logged onto the Internet is
recorded somewhere (Boyan, Codel, and Parekh 3).
An individual's personal security is the major issue surrounding the
Internet. If a person cannot be secure and have privacy on the Internet, the
whole system will fail. According to the Center for Democracy and Technology
(CDT), any website can find out whose server and the location of the server a
person used to get on the Internet, whether his computer is Windows or DOS based,
and also the Internet browser that was used. This is the only information that
can be taken legally. However, it can ...

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without the
user ever being aware of anything being taken. Netscape has issued new releases
that fix some but not all of the two dozen holes in the program (Methvin 3).
Many people do not realize that they often give information to websites
by doing something called direct disclosure. Direct disclosure is just that,
the user gives the website information such as their e-mail address, real
address, phone number, and any other information that is requested. Often, by
giving up information, a user will receive special benefits for "registering"
such as a better version of some software or being allowed into "member only
areas" (Boyan, Codel, and Parekh 2).
E-mail is like a postcard. ...

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