Your Digital Fingerprints

The Internet seems so anonymous. Who can tell that it was you browsing that adult entertainment website or that you are actually HottChevy126? But with increasing accuracy, advertisers know. And they know even if you and your neighbor use the same type of computer on the same network. NPR reports.

Questions...

•What makes your computer yours? How could you pick out your computer from a pile of similar-looking computers?

•What topics do you browse online?

•How is targeted advertising good for you? How is it bad for you?

•How can digital fingerprinting be used to exploit your weaknesses or problems?

•Do you think this is an invasion of privacy? Why or why not?