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From: igb@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,alt.censorship
Subject: Re: Prodigy charged with invading users' privacy
Keywords: Prodigy, STAGE.DAT, testing
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Date: 3 May 91 15:18:21 GMT
References: <1991May1.051734.24594@pcserver2.naitc.com> <1991May1.215612.2978@ruacad.ac.runet.edu> <1991May2.160352.8928@craycos.com>
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In article <1991May2.160352.8928@craycos.com> jrbd@craycos.com (James Davies) writes:
> 
> There is a lot of trust necessary to use any network software -- for all I
> know, "rn" could be browsing through my files right this minute.  However,
> there is no reason for me to suspect this, and if it did happen and I 
> discovered it, I'm sure there would be hell to pay for the person responsible.

If you have secure information on a machine and you install software
without verifying it, you're asking for trouble.  Read the source.  Make
sure it isn't silently ftp-ing your files to whoever.

ian