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IP: Re: Protecting your privacy
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 13:53 +0000
----Original Message----- From: "Lorrie Cranor" <lorrie () research att com> To: <farber () cis upenn edu> Cc: <golds () iname com> Subject: Re: Protecting your privacy Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 8:16 AM Dave, Please let IP readers know that this article contains an outdated and inaccurate description of P3P. For example, the article claims that "One problem with the system for automatically sending personal information to Web sites is that P3P makes it harder for users to provide false information, a technique used by many surfers to protect their privacy today. Another problem with P3P, as it is envisioned currently, is that it transmits a tremendous amount of personal information about the user to the Web site, but little information about the Web site is sent to the user to assist in making a privacy judgment." The P3P specification no longer includes an automatic data transfer mechanism. Even when the spec included this mechanism, it also suggested that P3P user interfaces allow users to setup multiple personae, some of which could be fictitious. My understanding is that the Boston Globe will be printing a correction. For the latest information on P3P, please see http://www.w3.org/P3P/ Comments on the latest draft of the spec are welcome and encouraged. Regards, Lorrie Cranor P3P Specification Working Group Chair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lorrie Faith Cranor <lorrie () research att com> AT&T Labs-Research, Shannon Laboratory 180 Park Ave. Room A241, Florham Park, NJ 07932 Phone: 973-360-8607 FAX: 973-360-8970 http://www.research.att.com/~lorrie/ ----- Original Message ----- From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu> To: <ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 7:31 AM Subject: IP: Protecting your privacy
----Original Message----- From: golds () iname com To: farber () cis upenn edu Subject: Protecting your privacy Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 10:05 PM Dave, This article starts with a good discussion of why privacy issues are of more than just personal concern, and then goes on to review some pros and cons of the World Wide Web Consortium's Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) project. Rich Goldschmidt golds () mail com http://www.digitalmass.com/news/daily/0106/pluggedin.html Protecting your privacy By Simson Garfinkel Globe Staff, 1/6/2000
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