Question:
a) What do you meant by Privacy?
b) Name the four privacy violations.
c) Often, aggregate information and anonymized information can be combined to identify and reveal particular characteristics of an individual. What is this process called? Give an example of such a process where such characteristics can be deduced.
d) Cookies are often used to store user preferences and this can also be a privacy issue. According to the RFC 2109, what three controls do a web browser that implement cookies should provide its users?
e) Describe five Privacy-Protecting techniques that you may recommend a novice user.
f) Java and Javascript both have security issues. Are there any in Adobe Flash/Shockwave? If yes, describe two security issues and two security policies you should apply to avoid being attacked.