6 January 2014

Log Files Internet Metadata Spying Series

The greatest spying machine ever invented, the Internet, relies on log files and other metadata for perfidy against users. Web site operators, shame.

Burgeoning types of logging for profit, cloaked by the few needed to run Internet. Now tech cash cow, like NSA.

Log file exploitation exceeds that of all search engines combined. Innumerable firms siphon, buy, steal, market them. Garden of Eden apples.

Less celebrated, exploitation of log files beats email, chat, OTR, SM for nabbing perps, stalking, extortion, spying, thieving, profiling.

Exploitation of log files does not originate with sysadmins, but sales. Hits are moneymakers, marketmakers, golden geese shit.

Terming log files as metadata could get attention, along with other incomsec metadata occluded by "privacy policy."

Critiques and proposals for log files would be most welcome for publication. Or if done elsewhere share links.

Sysadmins could invent means to avoid excessive exploitation. Save the Internet from thugs and spies in the process.

Best sysadmins openly upgrade user care i/l/o bad press, licensing, oversight demanded for crucial public roles. Log files=arms.

Users to control their log files. Log files anonymized. Sysadmins answerable to users not spying employers. Free the sysadmins.

Selections from thousands of log file spying exploiters:

2014-0042.pdf         Web Analytics Overview of Log File Spying        January 6, 2014
2014-0041.pdf         Boxes and Arrows Overview of Log File Spying     January 6, 2014
2014-0040.pdf         Microsoft IIS Log File Spying                    January 6, 2014

2014-0039.pdf         Microsoft IIS FAQ Log File Spying                January 6, 2014
2014-0038.pdf         Microsoft IE Log File Spying                     January 6, 2014
2014-0037.pdf         Hewlett Packard Log File Spying                  January 6, 2014
2014-0036.pdf         Splunk Log File Spying                           January 6, 2014
2014-0035.pdf         123LogAnalyzer Log File Spying                   January 6, 2014

2014-0034.pdf         HttpWatch Log File Spying                        January 6, 2014
2014-0033.pdf         EventLog Log File Spying                         January 6, 2014
2014-0032.pdf         Webalizer Log File Spying                        January 6, 2014
2014-0031.pdf         AWStats Log File Spying                          January 6, 2014
2014-0030.pdf         Sawmill Log File Spying                          January 6, 2014