EBay's hugely successful online auction site is pioneering new forms of law enforcement. But at what cost, asks Eugenie Samuel Reich.
Fair cop from New Scientist volume 183 issues 2454 - 03 July 2004, page 26
Founded in September 1995, eBay is the leading online marketplace for the sale of goods and services by a diverse community of individuals and businesses. Today, the eBay community includes 46.1 million registered users, and it is the most popular shopping site on the Internet when measured by total user minutes according to Media Metrix. It generated new forms of law enforcement abo…