[LINK] New software can identify you from your online habits

Adam Todd link at todd.inoz.com
Wed May 23 17:10:19 AEST 2007


At 11:21 AM 23/05/2007, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>New software can identify you from your online habits
>16 May 2007
>NewScientist.com news service
>Paul Marks
>http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=mg19426046.400&feedId=being-human_rss20
>
>If you thought you could protect your privacy on the web by lying 
>about your personal details, think again. In online communities at 
>least, entering fake details such as a bogus name or age may no 
>longer prevent others from working out exactly who you are.

Damn, so now I need to start "reading" the sports section, confusing 
the numbr of children I have, become divorced, remarried, divorced, 
marry the first wife, and so on ... 




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