Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!sdcc6!beowulf!rose From: rose@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Dan Rose) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: NOVA: we know where you live Message-ID: Date: 3 Dec 90 07:11:54 GMT References: <19308@know.pws.bull.com> <1990Dec2.201133.16224@eff.org> Sender: news@sdcc6.ucsd.edu Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: beowulf.ucsd.edu mkapor@eff.org (Mitch Kapor) writes: > A word of warning about the TRW Credentials service. . . . >. . . Leaving aside the >propriety of making you pay to see information about yourself . . . This was the think that bothered me the most. Imagine if you had to pay a bank to tell you your balance. I tore up their letter. I really don't think people should support this service. This information ought to be available anyway. Of course, since I didn't sign up, I didn't even know about the further invasion of privacy. -- Dan Rose {ucbvax,decvax,akgua,dcdwest}!sdcsvax!beowulf!rose.uucp UC San Diego rose%cs@ucsd.edu