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From: sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: On Location is BAD NEWS!
Message-ID: <10301@asylum.SF.CA.US>
Date: 18 Feb 90 16:04:59 GMT
References: <17721.635313273@ics.uci.edu>
Reply-To: sharon@asylum.UUCP (Sharon Fisher)
Organization: The Asylum; Belmont, CA
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In article <17721.635313273@ics.uci.edu> truesdel@ICS.UCI.EDU (Scott Truesdell) writes:
>
>Mitch Kapor's new venture sounded like a neat hack.
>Then I read something in MacWorld, March, 1990, MacWorld News, page
>119, right under Mitch's picture that chilled my blood. I quote:
>
>	"AppleShare volumes also present a curious problem:
>	[On Location] indexes don't respect AppleShare's
>	security features, so you can't prevent users from
>	finding text in folders they are not authorized to
>	read. On Technology plans a fix for a later version."

>Gee, THANKS, Mitch. You have just stolen an important amount of
>functionality that I HAVE PAID FOR. You have added another layer of
>complexity to my job. You are denying me of something that is
>rightfully mine. HOW DARE YOU?!?!?
>
>Gee, THANKS, MacWorld. Thanks for blabbing this disasterous situation
>out in front of the whole world for anyone to see. Why don't you just
>publish the source code to a couple of viruses while you're at it!?

If I read your posting correctly, you wouldn't even have known about
the situation if MacWorld hadn't published it.  Now you know.  It's a
pain, and I sympathize with you, but don't blame the press for
alerting you to a dangerous situation.  That's kind of what the press
is for.

Disclaimer:  I'm a member of the press. :-)