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Bots May Pose Privacy Problems

Bots, computer programs that engage Internet users in conversations, have the potential to extract personal information. Sometimes, Internet users engage these bots in conversation without knowing that they are writing to a computer.

Lost in Cyberspace? Try a 'Bot,� Robot Companions May Revolutionize Use of Internet, Washington Post, December 26, 2000.