Re: [RRE]Understanding Net Users' Attitudes about Online Privacy

[Narayan Raghu <narry@geocities.com>]

> > Internet users are more likely to provide information when they are
> > not identified.
> 
> This is rich. The more information you provide, of course, the more they
> know who you are, anyway.

is this the issue here??
do ppl object to "someone with <profile x> has <behaviour y>" kind of
observations, or do they object to "joe smith has <behaviour y>" kind of
observation?? 

I should think the former kind of observations are not really a
violation of security, since (a) over a large spectrum, it becomes
obvious, really, and (b) there is nothing linking joe smith to <profile
x> 

> Behavior is the ultimate biometric, in other words...

so - an observation is made that "he who visits <site x> also visits
<site y> within 1 week 83% of the time" - in what way is this a violtion
of anything??

any comments??
rgds
narayan raghu
bangalore
india

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