Privacy Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
http://www.geoff-hart.com/resources/2001/privacy.htm

Hart, Geoffrey J.S.
Geoff-Hart.com
2001

Abstract:

For those of us who work with computers, the value of identifying ourselves to Web sites is increasingly obvious: no more retyping our name and address information, less need to memorize dozens of log-in passwords and paths to specific Web pages, less spam, and fewer irrelevant banner ads. But even those of us who appreciate the value of sharing some personal information with Web sites and those who run them are growing increasingly uncomfortable with the potential for abuse inherent in having information on our identities and preferences broadly available.