Xref: utzoo comp.org.eff.talk:2352 alt.privacy:550 alt.censorship:2226 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!uvaarpa!rucs!ruacad!leng From: leng@ruacad.ac.runet.edu (Lud Eng) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,alt.censorship Subject: Re: Prodigy charged with invading users' privacy Keywords: stage.dat, prodigy Message-ID: <1991May6.225049.10812@ruacad.ac.runet.edu> Date: 6 May 91 22:50:49 GMT References: <1991May3.071620.14140@ruacad.ac.runet.edu> <1991May3.223758.15070@pcserver2.naitc.com> Organization: Radford University Lines: 18 >Nonsense. > >They can't be doing that unless: > >1) They're bypassing DOS' file access mechanisms, in which case I think > the case can be made that their software is negligently designed. > >own or on the free FAT bitmap, then they're potentially guilty. > As I said, it makes no sense WHY they would do it, but you can't just rule it out! Also, I'm not sure... Is it actually illegal for them to read any file on the system with their program as long as they don't do something like upload it without you knowing? I still haven't seen anyone who has actually looked to see if the contents of this file are being uploaded or not.. just that the file exists.