Internet Tracking and Tracing

I used the (Gale Virtual Reference Library) for the research of this topic related to the broad search term the (Internet), and found the article “internet Tracking and Tracing” by Brian Hoyle.  The source of this article is “Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security” Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. Vol. 2 Detroit: Gale 2004 P147-148.

Here’s a list of key words related to the article:

1.       Tracking

2.       Tracing

3.       Cookies

4.       Bug

5.       Beacons

6.       IP address

7.       Active X

8.       Java Script

9.       Tracing E-mail

10.   Chat Rooms

11.   Privacy

12.   Hackers

13.   Operating System

14.   Marketing Tool

15.   Spam

16.   Virus

17.   Personal Computer

18.   Internet crime

19.   Identity theft

20.   Bot Net

I found this article interesting due to most internet users are unaware of all that goes on behind the scenes while using the web.