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Article #6513Re: Is Prodigy safe to use?
From: David Lesher
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 1990 13:47
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 1990 13:47
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>I'm not saying that PRODIGY *would* do anything unscrupulous such as >read/write from files other than what is needed for terminal updates, but >that they COULD, and do you want to run that risk just to get free >updates on-line? Also considering that PRODIGY is run by 'suits' in the Marketing Dept, I'm sure they can come up with an excuse to investigate what other software you are running. After all, they now grab scanner data from the supermarkets for such questions as: Do folks who buy toilet paper on sale also buy Preparation-H? Can looking at your spreadsheet data be far behind? -- A host is a host from coast to coast.....wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu & no one will talk to a host that's close............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!news.miami.edu!mthvax!wb8foz From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Is Prodigy safe to use? Message-ID: <1990Dec31.134727.22081@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> Date: 31 Dec 90 13:47:27 GMT References: <80330004@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com> <1479@msa3b.UUCP> <277eda18-2412.9comp.ibmpc-1@point.UUCP> Reply-To: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Distribution: na Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews Abusers Lines: 19