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Privacy still exists, but just barely.
We examine information collection and security in the computer age, identify problem areas, and look for solutions. In the real world, nobody knows what TV commercials you watch or which sitcoms you surf. When you go strolling through the mall, no one's making note of the stores you visit or the clothes you try on. But on the Internet, Web sites are doing all of this and more. And that makes some people mad as hell.