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- From: rogue@ccs.northeastern.edu (Free Radical)
- Subject: Re: CERT and the Dept. of Justice on keystroke monitoring
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.052730.28598@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
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- Organization: College of CS, Northeastern U
- References: <1992Dec12.064534.3499@nic.csu.net> <26Cu03elc3du00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <Bz6Gq2.2ro@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 05:27:30 GMT
- Lines: 30
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- In article <Bz6Gq2.2ro@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
- >In article <26Cu03elc3du00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
- >grjost@uts.amdahl.com (Garrett Jost) writes:
- >>Maybe one day it will be illegal to scan e-mail. But for now, its not! Just
- >>look at Prodigy.
- >
- >I suggest you get a clue, or at least a competent lawyer, if you plan
- >to continue sounding like you know what you're talking about.
- [...]
- >Prodigy is a poor example, as they have repeatedly told people that
- >they do *not* monitor e-mail. Prodigy has other things to dislike,
- >such as the fact that they censor their public-access bulletin boards
- >and limit the amount of e-mail you can send, but reading your e-mail
- >isn't one of them.
-
- Apparently Prodigy has said they _cannot_ monitor e-mail. They just
- don't have the software for it (this according to a post in
- comp.dcom.telecom, where the author says Prodigy told him this). Go
- figure.
-
- RA
-
- rogue@damon.ccs.northeastern.edu (The Rogue Agent)
- --------------------------------------------------
- The NSA is now funding research not only in cryptography, but in all areas
- of advanced mathematics. If you'd like a circular describing these new
- research opportunities, just pick up your phone, call your mother, and
- ask for one.
-
-