Privacy-invasive software and preventive mechanisms

Second International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications, ICSNC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Boldt, Martin ^a   Carlsson, Bengt ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA PRIVACY; ELECTRONIC CRIME COUNTERMEASURES;

END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENTS (EULA); SOFTWARE INSTALLATION; SPYWARE;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 40249106199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSNC.2006.62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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