Liens sur la protection de la protection des donnees personnelles

Malheureusement la plupart des sites sur le sujet que j'ai trouvé sont en Anglais.

Sites en Français

Découvrez comment vous êtes pisté sur Internet: Le site de la CNIL, très bien fait, montre concrètement ce qu'on peut savoir sur vous.
EFF: EFF, La Electronic Frontier Fundation, a pour but de protéger les libertés civiques fondamentales.

Le reste des liens sont malheureusement en Anglais.

It could happen to you

Digicrime: This funny and educational site demonstrates various more or less confusing, dangerous or simply surprising things your web browser can do to you.
CNIL: The French Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés shows what information can be gathered about you when you "surf" on a site (in English).
Computer Virus Myths treatise: This site shows risks that you are not exposed to.
The AVP virus encyclopedia: A pretty current list of viruses.

Food for thought

No program is totally secure: here are some instances where web browsers have been caught with serious security flaws. Note that most flaws listed here have been corrected by now. This list is by far not complete, it is just meant as an eye-opener.

Java / MSIE / Netscape Cache Exploit - Jan '97: It is possible to exploit weaknesses in Netscape Navigator 3, Netscape Communicator 4, and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 & 3.01 Java implementations to gain access to information from the client machine which would normally be considered 'secure'. This site explains how and provides a demonstration.
Windows 95 and MSIE Security Hole: It is possible from anywhere on the Internet to obtain the Windows 95 login password in clear from a Windows 95 computer on a network connected directly to the Internet given only the IP address and the workgroup and leave no trace of your actions. This site explains how and demonstrates it as well.
Shockwave Security Alert: Even plug-ins can lead to security problems. This one allows Information in your email, on your hard drive or on your corporate intranet to be discovered from a distant server.
The Risks Digest Index to Volume 20: This comprehensive archive lists an impressive number of real-life cases, illustrating clearly how hard it is to build something even remotely near perfection.

Organizations

The Electronic Frontier Fundation: EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center: EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.

Liens sur la protection de la protection des donnees personnelles

Sites en Français

It could happen to you

Food for thought

Organizations

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