IgwanaRob Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 According to a network traffic analysis performed by Newsbytes, Netscape is capturing Navigator 6 users' search terms, along with their Internet protocol (IP) address, the date Navigator was installed and a unique identification number. Anytime a Navigator user performs a search by typing terms into the browser's URL bar and pressing the adjacent Search button, or by using the Search tab on the browser's My Sidebar feature, the user data is sent to a server at info.netscape.com using a uniform resource locator (URL) forwarding system. While search sites such as Google log data about visitors, Netscape is in a unique position to compile a meta-database of search information, according to Marc Maiffret, "chief hacking officer" for Eeye Digital Security. http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_i...f308&width=1280 (Netscape is owned by AOL - so is anybody really surprised at this?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StimpyX Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Pssst! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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