[Air-L] URL security and sharing links RE: Internet history textbook

Peter Timusk ptimusk at sympatico.ca
Sun Mar 13 16:51:53 PDT 2011


Thanks I am exploring this book and related books now on Amazon. 

Just a note about net security and sharing links on Amazon and other web
sites. You only needed this much of your URL

http://www.amazon.com/Who-Controls-Internet-Illusions-Borderless/dp/01953406
47/

not this

http://www.amazon.com/Who-Controls-Internet-Illusions-Borderless/dp/01953406
47/ref=tmm_pap_title_0


To add the extra part afterwards can sometimes be a security risk if there
are codes when you are logged into Amazon that could allow others access to
your account because of the coded information. It may never happen with
Amazon for all I know I just also know that some of these extra codes are
tracking information used by the web site to watch you web surfing path on
their web site.

Peter Timusk
at571 at ncf.ca
ptimusk at sympatico.ca
web: www.crystalcomputing.net
blogs www.cyborgcitizen.org

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Jones
Sent: March-13-11 6:26 PM
To: CarrieLynn Reinhard
Cc: AOIR
Subject: Re: [Air-L] Internet history textbook

Without question the best book for the history of the Internet, and where we
are today is "Who Controls the Internet: Illusions of a Borderless World".

This should be required introductory reading for anyone in the information
field.

http://www.amazon.com/Who-Controls-Internet-Illusions-Borderless/dp/01953406
47/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

HTH,


Thomas Jones
@othertomjones
http://theothertomjones.com


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and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge
of the value of the result to the community.
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On Mar 13, 2011, at 5:48 PM, CarrieLynn Reinhard wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am designing a course for undergraduates about new media 
> technologies.  One thing I want to cover is the history and 
> technological construction of the Internet, WWW, and web applications.
> 
> Are there any good textbooks or reading materials you can suggest I 
> use on the syllabus?
> CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD
> 
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