Detecting web bugs with bugnosis: privacy advocacy through education

Authors:
Adil Alsaid;David Martin
Affiliations:
Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, The Institute of Banking;Boston University, Computer Science Department
Venue:
PET'02 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Privacy enhancing technologies
Year:
2002

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Abstract

This article is a case study in the design, implementation, and deployment of the Bugnosis privacy enhancing tool. Downloaded and installed by over 100,000 users to date, Bugnosis contributes to network privacy indirectly -- without any technical protection measures such as filtering or anonymization -- by raising awareness about Web bugs and arming users with specific information about current Web site practices.