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The Web Won't Be Safe or Secure Until We Break It.

The article presents information on security measures in the design of the Internet, with information on personal information security and data collection by websites. Topics include the protection of personally identifiable data, security and data protection services offered by web browsers, and br...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 68 - 73
Main Author: Grossman, Jeremiah
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Jan2013
Subjects:
Computer security
Web browser security
Data protection
Personally identifiable information
Access control
Data security
Security systems
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article presents information on security measures in the design of the Internet, with information on personal information security and data collection by websites. Topics include the protection of personally identifiable data, security and data protection services offered by web browsers, and browser attacks by drive-by downloads, which infect the computer's operating system with malware. The Web security industry is discussed, with information on HTML code, security measures for data access control, and the limitations of antivirus software.