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- BUSINESS, Page 47Business NotesCOMPUTERSBig Brother or Big Bother?
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- Pity Prodigy. An information network linking computers across
- the nation, Prodigy prides itself on being user-friendly, but it
- is becoming known for user-enemies, who accuse it of unjust rate
- hikes and censorship. Now comes the gravest charge yet: that
- Prodigy peeks into customers' private files.
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- To make its service easier to use, Prodigy creates a file
- in its customers' computers. Some clients complain that medical
- records, legal briefs and other personal items have appeared in
- that file. Is Prodigy invading their privacy? Absolutely not,
- insists the New York-based firm, explaining that when the new
- file grabs space for itself in a PC, it may accidentally reveal
- previously erased data. This is all the concerned users are
- seeing. Even some of Prodigy's accusers agree. Besides, if the
- firm really wanted to spy, this certainly is the hard way to do
- it.
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