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de> Internet Explorer als Big Brother de> de> Wenn Sie mit dem neuen Internet Explorer von Microsoft einen de> Channel abonnieren, sollten Sie sich bewu"st sein, da"s Sie de> k"unftig beim Sufen beobachtet werden k"onnen. Das Channel de> Definition Format (http://www.microsoft.com/standards/cdf.htm) des de> IE 4.0 erlaubt jedem Channel Provider, Logs Ihres Surfverhalten zu de> f"uhren. Diese werden vom Browser per http-POST beziehungsweise de> -PUT an den Server des Channel-Betreibers "ubermittelt. Der kann de> Sie also sogar beobachten, wenn Sie "uber einen Proxy-Server mit de> dem Internet verbunden sind oder nur lokal im Cache browsen. Die de> Technik, die den Internet Explorer zum Big Brother werden l"a"st, de> hei"st LOG-TARGET. Aus Microsofts Beschreibung geht nicht klar de> hervor, ob der Provider nur Besuche seiner eigenen oder auch de> fremder Sites protokollieren lassen kann. (ct/jo)
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en> Internet Explorer as big brother en> en> If you subscribe to a channel using the new Microsoft Internet en> Explorer, you should know, that from now on you may be watched en> while surfing. The Channel Definition Format en> (http://www.microsoft.com/standards/cdf.htm) of IE 4.0 allows en> every channel provider, to create logs of your surfing behaviour. en> They are sent by the browser to the Server of the channel provider en> by using http-POST or http-PUT, respectively. Therefore the en> provider can even watch you, if you are connected to the Internet en> by a proxy server, or just browsing in the local cache. The en> technique which makes the Internet Explorer the big brother is en> called LOG-TARGET. From Microsofts description it's not clear, if en> a Provider is only able to record visits to their own sites or en> even visits to other sites. (ct/jo)
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Note from the translator: C't published by the Verlag Heinz Heise is own of the main computer magazines - if not the main - in Germany.
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Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 13:17:44 +0200 From: Markus Fleck <fleck@informatik.uni-bonn.de> To: fiff-l@dia.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de Subject: Internet Explorer als Big Brother
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