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Internet privacy sensibilisation week - A visitor survey  [message #54645] Wed, 12 November 2008 18:01 Go to next message
timmy

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Well, we'd like to have your answers. This, as usual, for all who visit, not just those who post messages.

Should we analyse vistors to the message board?

Currently we don't track the visitor population in any statistical sense. For security we do log the IP address of every poster, but visitors drop by without leaving a footprint that we look at. So should we know more, in aggregate form, about the visitors who come through the board? I know you may want to say more than just the three answers, so cast your ballot, and then post a reply if you want.

Yes
No
Don't care either way


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Re: Internet privacy sensibilisation week - A visitor survey  [message #54646 is a reply to message #54645] Wed, 12 November 2008 19:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
CallMePaul is currently offline  CallMePaul

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It would be nice to have a count of the visitors. But there are those that could get paranoid and not visit a second time if they thought you were recording IP addresses of visitors.


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Re: Internet privacy sensibilisation week - A visitor survey  [message #54648 is a reply to message #54646] Wed, 12 November 2008 20:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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We cannot record the IP addresses of visitors, only of those who post.


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Scaredoff?  [message #54651 is a reply to message #54646] Wed, 12 November 2008 21:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I don't think so, Paul.

Surely everyone that surfs the web must know their visits can be traced.

Even if all they know is that the site they visited responded to their prompt, they should realise that the answer had to be sent to an address that the sending site knew about.

I doubt whether anyone would be put off.

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Re: Scaredoff?  [message #54652 is a reply to message #54651] Wed, 12 November 2008 22:05 Go to previous message
timmy

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I fear most people are fairly ignorant. An amazing number think IE "is the internet", for example.

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.


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