Analysing Privacy-Invasive Software Using Computer Forensic Methods
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چکیده
User privacy is widely affected by the occurrence of privacy-invasive software (PIS) on the Internet. We present a computer forensic investigation method for detecting and analysing PIS. In an experiment we use this method to evaluate both the evolution of PIS and associated countermeasures, over a four year period. Background information on both PIS and countermeasure techniques are also presented, followed by discussions on legal disputes between developers of PIS and vendors of countermeasures.
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