17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
What abuse? Is there an expectation of privacy in Web-world, such that all users can honestly expect that a site is compelled to keep its "visitor log" private?
Absolutely, just as there is an assumption that private email will not be distributed over USEnet. There is a clear expectation of privacy. Just as the user of a USEnet server has an expectation of privacy. The question of what is legitimate to use log file data for is a very keenly debated one at W3 conferences. Phill H-B