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	Web bug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Usually, a web bug is a transparent image or an image in the colour of the background of what you are viewing.
		Since many web bugs point to sites that aggregate information from hundreds or thousands of firms, and since HTTP cookies are often employed, they can be used to track people's browsing habits or even email usage across a wide swath of the Internet and can be used to accumulate personal information.
		Web bugs are also used on web pages when the author of a web page wants to allow another organization to also track people who use their page.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Web_bug (559 words)

	Web Bugs Are Crawling Everywhere
		Web bugs are a far more insidious threat to privacy because they are usually unseen and virtually undetectable to the naked eye.
		However, because a web bug is an image (exactly the same as a banner only smaller and invisible) it can be used to set a cookie on your computer.
		Web Bugs Web bugs are little graphic images inserted into web pages, emails and other web-aware documents to allow companies to gather information about you without your knowledge.
	www.leave-me-alone.com /webbugs_growing.htm (810 words)

	Web Bugs Within Web Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Web Bugs in your email, as discussed in our last article, perform a slightly varied set of functions than Web Bugs located in web pages, but all Web Bugs share essentially the same purpose.
		Web Bugs record the number of times a banner ad has appeared to an Internet user and determine whether the ad was clicked on or not and how many times the promoted site was visited.
		Web Bugs should indicate what data is being collected from the user, how it will be used and with what other data bases it will be combined with and if a cookie is associated with a Web Bug.
	www.infinisource.com /features/web-bugs2-pf.html (558 words)

	Web Bugs
		A web bug is a small, usually invisible, graphic added to a web page, email message or other web-aware document.
		There have been many articles published recently about web bugs, and virtually all of them state that the reason web bugs are invisible is to hide the fact that monitoring is occurring.
		Web Bugs Are Crawling Everywhere You've heard about web bugs.
	www.leave-me-alone.com /webbugs.htm (926 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| Web bugs spying on net users
		Web bugs are crawling over the internet, secretly collecting information about surfing habits, says a new report.
		A web page was nearly five times more likely to contain a web bug today than in 1998, said the report.
		Web bugs are hidden graphics embedded in web pages primed to collect information about visitors to the site.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/1493152.stm (576 words)

	Web bugs thrive like cockroaches \| The Register
		Web bugs, objects such as frames or images, are imbedded on a Web site and cause part of the Web page to be retrieved from a different site.
		These web bugs can be used to verify email addresses and collect IPs of users, although a while back we ran an article where Register readers, you devious lot, suggested far more nefarious uses for Web bugs.
		Cyveillance tried to spin the results of the survey to suggest Web bugs may undermine building a good reputation for a brand but we reckon the more interesting point to note from the survey is how widely used Web bugs are.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2001/08/15/web_bugs_thrive_like_cockroaches (363 words)

	[Lf] Web bugs ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		WEB BUGS THWART PRIVACY: WORSE THAN COOKIES by Dave Murphy, member at itrain.org Just yesterday I got excited about Microsoft's announcement that future versions of Internet Explorer would be able to cut out 3d-party cookies; a feature that's already included in the Opera web browser.
		Today, I'm blind sided by a new revelation that web bugs, 1-pixel transparent gif images, are being used by online advertisers to track you and me on the net: which sites, when we visit them, in what order we visit--all the items that are nobody's business by our own.
		Web bugs can "talk" to existing cookies on a computer if they are both from the same Web site or advertising company, such as DoubleClick, which uses bugs and dominates the online advertising market.
	www.amrad.org /pipermail/lf/2000q3/000644.html (377 words)

	SpeedGuide.net Broadband Community - Web Bugs
		I just read about web bugs www.bugnosis.com I replied to a post in the general page but it should be here in security.
		I noticed that the web server for one for one of the web bugs is http://ln.doubleclick.net.
		Web bugs are a simple extension of the power struggles going on.
	forums.speedguide.net /showthread.php?t=81661 (734 words)

	Web bug - a Whatis.com definition - see also: Web beacon, Web beaconing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A Web bug, also known as a Web beacon, is a file object (usually a graphic image such as a transparent GIF) that is placed on a Web page or in an e-mail message to monitor user behavior, functioning as a kind of spyware.
		A Web bug is typically invisible to the user because it is transparent (matches the color of the page background) and takes up only a tiny amount of space.
		Web beaconing is often used by spammers to validate e-mail addresses.
	searchwebservices.techtarget.com /sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci341290,00.html (331 words)

	WEB BUGS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE INTERNET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Web bugs were created due to the fact of cookie bashing programs.
		The third states that the web bug should be linked to a page disclosing what data is collected, how it’s used, and which companies receive the data.
		Finally, the fifth rule that is stated says that web bugs should not be used to collect sensitive information related to children, medical issues, finances, employment or sex.
	www.cs.rockhurst.edu /seminars/CS2002/jenkins.htm (1702 words)

	What is Web beacon? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
		Used in combination with cookies, a Web beacon is an often-transparent graphic image, usually no larger than 1 pixel x 1 pixel, that is placed on a Web site or in an e-mail that is used to monitor the behavior of the user visiting the Web site or sending the e-mail.
		Web beacons are typically used by a third-party to monitor the activity of a site.
		A Web beacon can be detected by viewing the source code of a Web page and looking for any IMG tags that load from a different server than the rest of the site.
	www.webopedia.com /TERM/W/Web_beacon.html (193 words)

	PCWorld.com - Surfers Warned About 'Web Bugs'
		A Web bug is a small file, typically a graphic object such as a GIF file, that monitors browsing behavior without the user's knowledge.
		Web bugs can collect information such as the computer's Internet protocol address, the time the page was viewed, and previously set cookie values.
		Although the bugs are mostly used to customize and streamline a given user's experience, the fact that users are unaware of their presence also gives rise to privacy concerns, according to the study.
	www.pcworld.com /news/article/0,aid,58203,tk,dn081501X,00.asp (432 words)

	Document Web Bugs Privacy Advisory
		Web bugs are made possible by the ability in Microsoft Word of a document to link to an image file that is located on a remote Web server.
		Because only the URL of the Web bug is stored in a document and not the actual image, Microsoft Word must fetch the image from a Web server each and every time the document is opened.
		Web bugs today are already used extensively by Internet marketing companies on Web pages and embedded in HTML email messages.
	www.willgrowconsulting.com /sub24.htm (1959 words)

	Web bugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		AOL has stated that it would not track user behavior but would only use web bugs to track aggregates,such as how many users view a given ad.
		It allows spammers (or others...) to be notified when the email contening the bug is read, or forwarded...But they can also be used for more pracrical and dangerous ends (see scenario).
		Of course, the web bugging technology is Microsoft Office compliant, which means the sympathetic crawlers can be embedded in any Office document such as Word, Excel...with the same capabilities.
	www.anargratos.com /Privacy/webbug.htm (381 words)

	Web Bugs
		Web bugs are designed to gather information about you while you visit a website for advertisers.
		Web bugs are usually a small image (1 X 1 pixels) designed as small as possible to avoid detection, and clear to make them appear invisible without the correct software to detect the web bugs.
		Web bugs can also be hidden in an email document allowing spammers, if you happen to open an email with a web bug attached, your email address is then logged by the spammer's server adding your email address to send you more and more unwanted spam.
	anti-spyware-review.toptenreviews.com /spyware/web-bugs.html (654 words)

	Web Bugs Erode Privacy
		Web bugs are tiny, invisible 1 pixel by 1 pixel graphic files that notify a third party web site when a page, an ad or an email is viewed.
		The "bad" bugs are those used by ad servers to track which advertisements are viewed by surfers and combine it with other information stored about that surfer at other web sites.
		The bug gathered information about how much money auction participants were willing to spend for items that were up for sale on the site -- and then the bug's authors used that data to manipulate the auctions.
	privacynotes.com /privacy_web_bugs.html (796 words)

	Web Bugs – Here Are the Rules \| The Register
		Web bugs, aka web beacons, are single-pixel GIF image tags in HTML documents used to track web users.
		The NAI rules, which represent the industry's attempt to self-regulate, ask companies using these techniques to provide a notice of web bug use that says what the bugs are used for and what data is transferred to third parties.
		If the bug can be tied to personal data, such as via a cookie or an email address, and it will be disclosed to third parties, then there needs to be an opt-out for the user, but only when the disclosure is for purposes "unrelated" to the reason the data was collected.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2002/11/29/web_bugs_here (251 words)

	Bugnosis FAQ
		Web bugs are often invisible because they are typically only 1-by-1 pixels in size.
		A Web bug will typically be loaded from a different Web server than the rest of the page, so they are easy to distinguish from alignment GIF files.
		Because Web bugs are normally hidden by their small size, there is little motivation for an engineer to further obscure the identifier contained within it.
	bugnosis.org /faq.html (3262 words)

	SpywareInfo > Web bugs
		Technically, ad banners which are plainly visible could be called web bugs, since many use cookies to send/retrieve information to the server sending the ad.
		Some web sites, in an attempt to hide the fact that they are web bugs, call them such things as web beacons.
		The web bug sends your IP address back to the advertiser, which means that this advertiser can recognize you on any site that it serves ads on.
	www.spywareinfo.com /articles/webbugs (415 words)

	Web bugs / Tracking
		Web bugs are the latest innovation in the art of monitoring people moving through websites.
		Yet the sort of Web bug coding Smith found DoubleClick using on various porn and health sites is ideally suited to linking a person s name to his or her computer.
		For many privacy advocates, the very existence of Web bugs and the data collection they facilitate constitute an invasion of privacy, leaving aside questions about how that information could be disseminated.
	c0vertl.tripod.com /text/webbugs.html (2530 words)

	Web Bugs are Looking at YOU! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Opening up email with Web Bugs imbedded within it can, and often does notify the Web Bug's master that your email address is active and that you might even have an interest in whatever gadget or service that the infested email may have been marketing to you.
		Web Bugs can and often do track your cookie information, reconstructing your surfing habits to create user profiles linked to your identity that marketers and advertisers can sell to others or that others can use to sell their products and services to you.
		Web Bugs take advantage of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) writing that create small transparent GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) images whose original purpose before Web Bugs proliferated on the Internet was to serve as an aid in correctly positioning images.
	www.infinisource.com /features/web-bugs.html (702 words)

	Security and Privacy - Web Bugs Bite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Web bugs are graphics or text embedded in the underlying code of some Web pages.
		The bug itself, which can be placed anywhere on the Web page, is only one pixel by one pixel in size, so small that you can’t see it.
		Web bugs can also be used to provide an independent accounting of how many people have visited a particular Web site.
	www.compukiss.com /sandyclassroom/securityhtm/article424.htm (658 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| Pixel-high privacy spy
		The bugs may be invisible to surfers but as far as a computer is concerned they are just another image.
		The web bugs can mine information about who owns the site you are surfing from as well as details about your computer such as what data is held in the Windows registry.
		The US Federal Trade Commission is known to be investigating the use of web bugs and is worried that people are being watched without their consent.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/842624.stm (720 words)

	E-Commerce News: News: Activists Assail 'Web Bugs'
		advertising companies and Web sites should disclose their placement of "Web bugs" to ease users' concerns that their online moves may be unknowingly tracked, according to a new proposal presented on Wednesday by the Privacy Foundation.
		Web bugs, or clear GIFs, are images that are intentionally embedded in the software
		Web bugs not only count the number of times a particular page has been viewed, but they also play a key role in forming online profiles.
	www.ecommercetimes.com /story/4291.html (685 words)

	Web Bugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		While government agency investigations and class-action suits have put Web bugs under intense legal scrutiny, I can’t point to anything that says that Web bugs are clearly illegal.
		The “E-Commerce Law Report” quoted him as saying that Web bugs are “similar to Big Brother.People have no idea their thoughts and practices on the Internet are being tracked or policed.
		Web bugs are a great asset to spammers because they let them know if your e-mail address is valid.
	www.mgrossmanlaw.com /articles/mhtl/webbugs.htm (820 words)

	'Web bugs' track personal page visits
		Many people who have personal Web pages are unknowingly tracking people who visit and sending the information to third parties, according to a new report.
		When users place the AOL ad on their pages, they also get a Web bug that passes information to Be Free Inc., a market research company.
		The Web bug technology, which is also known by such terms as "clear gifs" and "Web beacons," now appears on 18 percent of personal pages, compared with less than 4 percent of pages overall and 16 percent of home pages for major companies.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/08/14/BU212620.DTL&type=business (361 words)

	Web Bugs - Wilders Security Forums
		The web bugs that I could see were zapped by Adshield but on about half the sites I couldn't see any.
		I block web bugs in emails just because I don't want some spam sender to get confirmation that I exist in case I accidentally render their message.
		Such a bug if it exists wouldnt be a traditional web-bug anyway, it would be some kind of malware, sort of like driveby hijackers or trojans/viruses that exploit security flaws.
	www.wilderssecurity.com /showthread.php?t=6909 (2635 words)

	Privacy group shines light on Web bugs \| CNET News.com
		The bugs can also be matched with cookies, electronic files stored on a PC that can contain personal information such as name and e-mail address.
		Too small for readers to see, the bugs also can be more invasive--for example, capturing a visitor's Internet Protocol address or installing pernicious files, security experts say.
		"Any company that uses Web bugs on their site should say so clearly in their privacy policies and explain the following: why they are being used, what data is sent by a bug, who gets the data, and what they are doing with it," he added.
	news.com.com /2100-1023-268055.html?legacy=cnet (818 words)

	Web Email web bugs for email (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	www.zapperdapper.com /web_email/web-bugs-for-email.htm (174 words)

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