itself is automatically given to them. They think that

everything from credit card numbers, purchases and social

security numbers, to conversations held between people via

the Internet are confidential. If that were the case things

would be wonderful. Unfortunately, it is not how it is in

our world. With technology that exists today, it is easier

and easier for people with the knowledge of this technology

to take advantage of people, sometimes without them being

aware that it is happening. Robert Gelman states that the

question of "why do hackers go to great lengths to ply their

skills often at great risk and with no monetary objective?"

is most often answered by "because they can" (Gelman and

McCandlish 141)." Even though there are laws that try to

protect the individual from these things, there needs to be

more legal attention to many areas to help with this and the

many problems such as their email addresses being obtained,

email being read by someone else, and their personal

The question, "What is privacy?", is a question that is

hard to answer. Many people have many different answers to

this question and a lot of their answers are based

million addresses to marketers interested in sending

(Bertron 13). Rose states that "An Internet user's home

or more means of identification not legally issued for use

employer's network, that employer has the right to access

implies very strict access control, devotes enormous

common place for a person to use the Internet is from their

this statement would stop another person, most commonly

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information then why wouldn't you just use the telephone

that there are some businesses that are somewhat against a

solicitations via the Internet. From an article by

sales of e-mail addresses in numbers of sometimes one

alternative to first-class mail on the Internet. Said by

Hellwege, Jean. "Privacy on the Internet" Trial, June 1997

Some common words found in the essay are:
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Approximate Word count = 1514
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)