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World Wide Web die-hard surfers -- many of whom tend to be privacy-rights absolutists -- have been horrified to learn that thesoftware that guides them through the Internetcould pose huge Orwellian problems. Over the last week or so, a growing number of heads-up E-mail dispatches have warned that some "browsers," including free and commercial copycats of the popular Mosaic program, quietly supply the Internet E-mail addresses of Net site visitors. These lists, critics argue, could soon be sold to the highest bidder --or even to government snoopers. "You'll go into a bulletin board that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BIG BROWSER IS WATCHING | 11/18/1994 | See Source »

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