The Internet may have opened the world to us, but it’s a world we’d prefer to tour privately. We want the freedom to roam terrain on our own terms; and we…
February 1999 - Vol. 42 No. 2
Features
The transfer of sensitive U.S. space technology to China is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, reports CNN. A preliminary Defense Department report found…
Personal Computing: The Next Generation of Business Data Processing
Business data processing has evolved over the last 50 years. The first influential electronic computer, the Eniac, was designed to do numeric calculations. But the ink…
Electronic Frontier: The Privacy Hoax
Privacy in the digital age is dead. At best, one of our most cherished rights as members of a free society is on life support, kept alive by cybercratic ramblings of an…
Forum: More Ugly Truths About Consulting Assignments
I enjoyed reading Robert Glass’s column "How Not to Prepare for a Consulting Assignment, and Other Ugly Consultancy Truths" ("Practical…
How a professor of computer science returned after the country's civil war to help build the national information infrastructure—and her own career.
Privacy was a sensitive issue long before the advent of computers. Concerns have been magnified, however, by the existence and wide- spread use of large computer…
Anonymous Web Transactions with Crowds
An innovative way to become an invisible user is simply to get lost in the crowd. After all, anonymity loves company.
One way to camouflage communication over a public network is to mingle connections from a variety of users and applications to make them difficult to distinguish.
Consistent, Yet Anonymous, Web Access with LPWA
The Lucent Personalized Web Assistant offers a single, effective method for adopting differing personae.
The Platform For Privacy Preferences
Web sites can bolster user confidence by clarifying their privacy practices upfront, allowing visitors to become active players in the decision-making process.
TRUSTe: An Online Privacy Seal Program
A trustmark displayed on a home page informs visitors of the security practices conducted at the site.
Internet Privacy Concerns Confirm the Case For Intervention
Public confidence in matters of online privacy seemingly lessens as the Internet grows. Indeed, there is mounting evidence the necessary remedy may be a protective…
Y2k Compliance and the Distributed Enterprise
It's not just mainframe-based applications: servers and workstations pose significant Y2K problem risks for organizations and individuals.
The Realities of Software Technology Payoffs
Too few studies, and the benefits don't match the claims.
The Role of Trust in Outsourced IS Development Projects
Don't lose sight of the structure of the relationship between client and vendor, and don't be a stranger.
Technical Opinion: On Defining Computer Science Terminology
A general problem with computer science terminology is that some terms are often used for different concepts and that the same concepts are denoted by different terms. To…
Inside Risks: Robust Open-Source Software
Closed-source proprietary software, which is seemingly the lifeblood of computer system entrepreneurs, tends to have associated risks: Unavailability of source code…
