Xref: utzoo comp.org.eff.talk:2499 alt.privacy:739 alt.censorship:2432 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mjbtn!raider!brainiac!dagmar From: dagmar@brainiac.raidernet.com (Greble Dagmar) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,alt.censorship Subject: Re: Prodigy charged with invading users' privacy Message-ID: Date: 31 May 91 20:24:26 GMT References: <1991May29.062419.8138@vpnet.chi.il.us> Organization: Phillip's Philosophy Shop, Nashville TN Lines: 23 louisg@vpnet.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes: > 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 trus Well, not to be picky, but there's not a heck of a lot you can DO to a Commie. The rumors flying around about Prodigy concerned that it was scanning a hard disk, where Beemers keep all their stuff. While you and I (Commodore 128D) would have to be asked by the software to stick personal data into the drive. ONe good thing about this is that we're immune to viruses, even if we do get swapping-cramp every now and then. :) -- ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------- = \:/ = Save Mother Earth or Die! : Greble Dagmar... Occult Theologian =_ : _= (This is not a joke.) :...!uunet!mjbtn!raider!brainiac!dagmar -- ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------