Detecting Web Bugs with Bugnosis: Privacy Advocacy through Education

摘要

This article is a case study in the design, implementation, and deployment of the Bugnosis privacy enhancing tool. Downloaded and installed by over 100,000 users to date, Bugnosis contributes to network privacy indirectly ― without any technical protection measures such as filtering or anonymization ― by raising awareness about Web bugs and arming users with specific information about current Web site practices.