|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
   |
TO TRACK NET PIRATES, PLANT FALSE INFORMATIONI am a first-time user of a PC and have just about managed to use it as an expensive typewriter. I am still light-years away from being a Net-surfer. However, when it comes to Net privacy and safeguarding personal details (''Now it's your Web,'' Special Report, Oct. 5), one idea occurs to me: Each time you ''opt in'' to provide data to a vendor, you should include a false piece of information. And for every ''opted in'' vendor, use a different false detail. Doing this will by no means stop the trading of personal information. But the customer will be able to trace the source and those unlawfully benefiting from it. As you can see, my knowledge of the Net is negligible, but sometimes a simple, nonelectronic solution can be the answer.
David Goss
|
Updated Nov. 5, 1998 by bwwebmaster
Copyright 1998, by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved.
Terms of Use