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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: why all the disclaimers?
Message-ID: <4604@eos.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 89 02:24:56 GMT
References: <11007@polya.Stanford.EDU> <66.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP>
Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif.
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I can tell you a story from personal experience.

I made a comment once, something of the order:
	"There are more important things riding on XXX than YYY."
This comment went from my machine, to a machine at another site where
people read it, forwarded it to home offices, which noted a comment
to Washington DC, which had two Division chiefs come to my office and say:
	"What did you do?"
Fortunately, author_copy was printed out, my Divison chief said,
	"Oh, (whew!) that's harmless."
Needless to say people were pissed.  Nothing was compromised.  No statements
of policy were released.

If you want take a moment to think about implications of the Net.  I think
it was Bill Tuthill who wrote an article on the Usenet for Unix Review.
Back a year or two.
There was a special section entitled "Industrial Espionage."  You
can do it.  You just have to read carefully between the lines.  Most posters
are filters and sieves for getting information.  I am also aware of at least
one deliberate attempt at disinformation.  It's not what we tell you,
it's what we don't tell you.  The net is a much less freer place than
6 years ago.

Another gross generalization from

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov
  resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:
  "You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?"
  "If my mail does not reach you, please accept my apology."
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