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On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:05:25 +0100, Michael Hampicke wrote: |
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>> > There is actually a huge amount of information available, giving a |
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>> > high level of pseudo-uniqueness. There was a web site that showed you |
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>> > how much it could glean from even an anonymous session, but I can't |
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>> > remember where is was. Somewhere like the EFF. |
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>> I guess you mean https://panopticlick.eff.org/ |
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> That's the one, I'll try to remember to make a note of the URL this time. |
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Mnemonic: It's a reference to the Panopticon, which was a model of |
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prison designed to make inmates behave by being aware that they were |
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constantly being watched. Derives from 'pan' (all) 'opti' |
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(sight/seeing). So, pan-opti-click becomes "all seeing click". |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon |
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