- From: Derek Harding <derek@tpdinc.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 09:21:24 -0800
- To: Robert Hazeltine <rhazltin@bacall.nepean.uws.edu.au>
- Cc: Murray Altheim <murray@spyglass.com>, hallam@w3.org, www-html@w3.org, connolly@beach.w3.org
I'm glad to see the suggestions of probing and the proposal supporting automatic submission have now been dropped. At 11:21 AM 26-02-96 +1100, you wrote: > >Already there are programs that 'roam' the Internet, and I assume that a >particular kind of information would not be difficult to target, right? > I'm not clear on the relevance of web robots in this situation. Perhaps you could clarify. >Already there are some "interesting" applications like NetWatcher that >can be called on by your local friendly sysop. I do not see much protection >of personal information once he/she takes over your session, do you? "takes over your session" could you explain this to me? Perhaps I'm being dim but I do not understand what you're getting at. >IMHO, the proposal is not only weak but it is also pernicious because a >template mechanism does not provide any protection for the individual >from unwittingly disclosing personal information, whether or not the >information is encrypted or standardised is irrelevant. As a matter of >fact, it simply does not protect. > This seems a fair comment to me. Having a recommendation in the propsal that browsers should ask for confirmation before sending any auto-filled in data (just as the most popular ones currently do for sending unencrypted data!) would seem wise. Derek --- Derek Harding Online Production Manager TPD Publishing Inc. http://www.tpdinc.com/~derek/
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