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Name: Vernon
From: Illinois
Bio: Internet User, Technical Student
Area of Expertise: Pioneer/Originator
Topic: Privacy
Headline: Activities on the Internet will be routinely monitored.
Nutshell: Anonymity will disappear, and your activities will be easily traced.
Vision:Internet users will have to get used to the idea that their identities can be found out very easily. I am not completely comfortable with that, but given rampant incidents of deliberate destruction of networks, personal computers, and web sites; the frequent outbreaks of viruses; child molesters; phishing scams; people hacking into other people’s computers to steal services they pay for; and many other examples of flagrant disregard for ethics and the law, there will be no alternative.
Date Submitted: April 18, 2005
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