Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Tue, 30 Apr 91 10:38:38 PDT From: "Louis J. Judice 30-Apr-1991 1328" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Prodigy or Fraudigy ??? Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 319, Message 1 of 12 Lines: 27 Really, now... I've seen paranoia in this discussion before, but this really takes the cake. I must say that I just cancelled my prodigy account, but only because it I was only logging into it once a month. Why? Well, first of all, except for the online Sam Goody "song directory" there was nothing left of interest to me. Oh, and the fact that Prodigy is slow enough to put bricks to sleep. But come ON NOW! If you look at pre-allocated data files created on any simplistic operating system without DELETE/ERASE capability you'll find all kinds of data trash left behind by previous programs or users. I remember on RSTS/E in college, allocating HUGE files, dumping them and then pouring through it, looking for interesting junk left behind by OTHER USERS. If anyone REALLY thinks that Prodigy, IBM and Sears are going off and uploading your confidential files to have a look, well, I suggest you power off your computers, unplug your phones, cancel your drivers license and move to the mountains where the CIA, NSA, Trilateral Commission, KGB and Iraqi secret police can't find you! Sorry to be so blunt, but someone has to point out the paranoia aspect of all this! ljj