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- From: zkessin@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Zach, the Lego Maniac)
- Subject: Re: PRODIGY New and improved STILL SUCKS, HORRIBLE as before
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- Organization: Brandeis University
- References: <1992Dec16.060755.6327@panix.com> <1992Dec16.205326.29305@gateway.ssf-sys.DHL.COM> <zkessin.724555976@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> <1992Dec17.182159.6672@itsmail1.hamilton.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 03:51:37 GMT
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- jmalloy@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Joseph T. Malloy) writes:
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- >In article <zkessin.724555976@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> zkessin@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Zach, the Lego Maniac) writes:
- >>
- >>DON'T use Prodigy, well not unless you dont care that other people may
- >>be snooping on *YOUR* files. I just read on alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk
- >>something about Prodigy uploading stuff from peoples HD's. I think the
- >>EFF has more info.
- >>
- >>just a warning.
- >>
- >>Zach
- >>zkessin@cs.brandeis.edu
-
- >I thought this bit about Prodigy (which is awful as an on-line service,
- >if you ask me) "snooping around one's disk" was sort of an urban myth.
- >If I recall correctly, there is a file, STAGE.DAT, that Prodigy uses as
- >a temporary cache-like storage area, and it's this file that gets
- >written to (and read?), hence the time stamp changes often. I don't
- >recall anyone demonstrating that the evil Prodigy empire was out there
- >looking for major industrial secrets on your hd :)
-
- From what I know the Prodigy contract that you agree to when Loging on
- does give them this right. However I dont know if they do do this. I
- would not trust them myself, But I am paranoid in some ways. Also for
- consumer survays this would be a VERY effective way of runing survays
- to sell data on custemers.
- I advise caution.
- I dont use prodigy and for this reason alone would not, (well the
- censoring of online forums and e-mail annoys me too)
-
- --Zach
- Zachary Kessin zkessin@cs.brandeis.edu
- real.world: I don't think the news server gets that group!
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