Xref: utzoo comp.org.eff.talk:2469 alt.privacy:719 alt.censorship:2412 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tellab5!vpnet!louisg From: louisg@vpnet.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,alt.censorship Subject: Re: Prodigy charged with invading users' privacy Message-ID: <1991May29.062419.8138@vpnet.chi.il.us> Date: 29 May 91 06:24:19 GMT References: <1991May22.154239.3777@craycos.com> <1991May28.000145.7666@cs.ucla.edu> Organization: Vpnet Public Access Lines: 25 What the whole thing boils down to is credibility. Way back in my Commodore 64 days when I was in grade school, I eventually got a modem and signed up for Q-Link(tm). It was great, I loved it, but the bill was too much. They too have their own special software which basically takes control of your machine. They also have the same deal for IBM. The point is that I *never* worried about them doing something nasty. I trusted their software to control my machine. Now Prodigy(tm), given their past track record, I wouldn't trust for a second. The thing is that Prodigy has had a really shitty attitude in the past. THe way they run things, people *don't* want to trust them. They want to see them screw up. Makes a good business lesson, don't it? Louis Giliberto louisg@vpnet.chi.il.us -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! "As above, so below; as below, so above" -- The Kybalion ! ! "I don't trust him; he has dark hair" -- My girlfriend's mother ! ! "So I'm stupid; what's your point?" -- Me !