Hidden surveillance by Web sites: Web bugs in contemporary use

被引：17

作者：

Martin, D ^{[1
]}

Wu, HL

Alsaid, A

机构：

[1] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Comp Sci, Lowell, MA 01854 USA

[2] Univ Denver, Dept Comp Sci, Denver, CO 80208 USA

[3] Royal Holloway Univ London, London, England

来源：

COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM | 2003年 / 46卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1145/953460.953509

中图分类号：

TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

Some of the factors that need to be considered to distinguish between data collected for surveillance and data collected as part of a Web site's operation are discussed. Efforts were made to distinguish these two sets of data by selecting specific Web elements that were used only for gathering information and were recognized automatically. These elements included Web bugs that were protected channels between a Web site and a third-party data collector. Web bugs were related to third-party content and surveillance capabilities and were located close to home pages of Web sites. A number of researchers considered several changes introduced in Web bug practices by comparing results from a number of samples and concluded that these bugs had the potential to appear on different pages of a Web site.

引用

页码：258 / 264

页数：7