I, tax robot: Internet tax traps.
| Publisher | Reason Foundation |
| Publication | Reason |
| Subject | Humanities |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0048-6906 |
| Issues per Year | 11 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Published | 2007-05-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | David Weigel |
NO ONE who surfs the Internet should assume her activity is confidential. Malicious spyware hides behind annoying Web ads. Harmless search engines use data crawlers to collect information from almost every site online. And if you live in Canada, the United Kingdom, Austria, Denmark, or the Netherlands, the taxman may be watching your every click.
Launched in the Netherlands in 2004, Xenon is a sophisticated "spider" program that collects data from surfers without their knowledge. The program downloads Web pages where financial transactions occur--auction sites, gambling...
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