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Four E.T. Companies
and Their Software
to Watch Out For

Aureate/Radiate
Its software, embedded in 400 shareware programs such as Go!zilla and Free Solitaire, reports which ads you click on

Alexa/zBubbles
A shopping tool that collects surfing data — even when you're not shopping

Conducent
The company embeds ads in such shareware as PKZip. It says it reviews ad-view data demographically, not individually

SurfMonkey
Its browser for children follows as you surf the Net — and requires a user ID. Under criticism, it's changing how it gathers data

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Introduction
Are you paranoid? You might be one of 20 million people who should be.

Watch Out
Four E.T. companies and their software

The Cookie Trackers
Avoiding cookies is easy, but they may not be the real threat

Hiding Your Secrets
Encryption programs are a great way to preserve privacy

Poll:
Have privacy concerns ever kept you from using an online service?

Killing Cookies
Find out how the cookie crumbles.

Privacy Sites
Psst! Can you keep a secret?