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Your Computer Could Be Spying On You


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Naushad Ramzam Ali 08/18/2004



While one could be taking all efforts to secure computers from viruses or worms but that there could be bigger threat lurking as your surfing habits are tracked and passed on to third parties for commercial purposes. Your personal information is worth money and companies are prepared to spy on you to get it. Companies want to know what your personal preferences, your buying patterns to target advertisement and marketing campaigns. Technology has enabled to correlate vast amount data harvested from unsuspecting surfers to promote products to right audience. This software that tracks surfing habits or worse harvesting your personal information like your email address, username, passwords or even credit card nos. is commonly referred to as spyware

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