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One of the motives for the current level of surveillance of the Internet is that sites are financed through advertising based on tracking users' activities and propensities. This converts a mere annoyance&mdash;advertising that we can learn to ignore&mdash;into a surveillance system that harms us whether we know it or not. Purchases over the Internet also track their users. And we are all aware that &ldquo;privacy policies&rdquo; are more excuses to violate privacy than commitments to uphold it.