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From: multics@acm.rpi.edu (Richard Shetron)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,alt.censorship
Subject: Re: Prodigy charged with invading users' privacy
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Date: 5 May 91 20:33:22 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.185752.4913@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1991Apr30.225133.8165@craycos.com>
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In article <1991Apr30.225133.8165@craycos.com> jrbd@craycos.com (James Davies) writes:
> <stuff deleted about using blank diskettes >
>Question: was he using an unused disk, or did he just reformat an old
>one, assuming that it would be wiped clean?
>

This was done with a brand new diskette that was erased/reformatted bye
the sysop of a local BBS and this type of stuff showed up.  I don't remember
the full details (I can upload them here if desired), but he monitered the
communications with a second computer to confirm that personal data was
being uploaded by prodigy from the hard drive even running off the floppy.
(I may not remember all the details, but he did make sure there was no
way prodigy could get the data without going out to his HD to get it.)

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A good bureaucracy is the best tool of oppression ever invented.
Richard Shetron   USERFXLG@mts.rpi.edu  multics@rpi.edu