Privacy

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Producers create television programs to entertain the whole family. Imagine writing in your diary with your husband staring over your shoulder, or letting your brother read the letter you wrote to your best friend. Displaying your private e-mail on the television screen in front of the whole family can make the hair of even the most open individuals stand on end.

Remember how sisters fought over the remote control, and how they called for mom to keep their brother from channel flipping at every commercial break? The same scenario is bound to happen with WebTV. A.J. Mast said, �In a family situation in the living room, not everyone wants to view the same Web page.�

Even so, some users, such as Laura and Greg Holladay, think WebTV is a social event. Neither of them like to get connected alone, and they often stay up late with friends to check out sites and talk with their online comrades.