Sunday, May 20, 2007

New software can identify you from your online habits

Boy if you can't see a science fiction story in this....Shaun Saunders, our resident consumerism critic, sent me this..... and if you haven't already seen indications of this and see the implications....well....

>The computing giant Microsoft, is developing software that could accurately guess your name, age, gender and potentially even your location, by analysing telltale patterns in your web browsing history. Previous studies show there are strong correlations between the sites that people visit and their personal characteristics. So, IF YOU thought you could protect your privacy on the web by lying about your personal details, think again.<

Click the article title for more....oh and there is much much more

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