Fading data could improve privacy
Posted in: Legal, Privacy & Security at 16/06/2010 19:11
Privacy could be enhanced if data was allowed to fade, suggests research.
Dutch researcher Dr Harold van Heerde is looking into ways to gradually "degrade" the information that sites gather about visitors.
Slowly swapping details for more general information can help guard against accidental disclosure, he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10324209.stm
