AOL monitoring
Sal Denaro
Sal at panix.com
Mon Sep 18 21:30:20 PDT 1995
In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.950917113021.11534E at amanda.dorsai.org>, you wrote:
> A further hint as to why this won't work: the client software doesn't
> keep track of which messages you've read in a discussion area, AOL's
> server's do. How do I know this? Because I use AOL on a Mac from home,
Ohhh-God, not again...
Can anyone remember the Prodigy rumor? How IBM was snooping around
your hard disk, and it turned out to be nothing but a swapfile. Does
"Good times" ring a bell? And don't get me started on MicroSoft
Network rumors...
1) 90% of the FTP sites I use mention that they log xfers.
2) My .newsrc file can tell anyone that I read alt.hackers and alt.2600
3) My address book shows who I send mail often enough to warrent me
putting in a nickname.
4) My sent-mail folder shows who I sent mail to in the past year.
5) My bookmark file shows that I read the NYC-Speedtraps page one or
two time a week.
I am sure that AOL, Prodigy, CompuServe and Acme Internet all log what
mail/news/web pages/ftp sites you have visited, in one way or another.
Does this bother me? A little. I use a local Internet provider with
an OS I understand enough to know what is logged and what is not logged.
My fear is not LEA, but crackers. As long as I make myself a hard
target- they vultures will look elseware. I repeat this like a mantra
yet no one belives me- IF YOU WANT PRIVACY, DON'T USE THE PHONE. Once
the headset is raised, big brother is online. If you do not like those
rules, don't play the game.
--
Salvatore Denaro
sal at panix.com I waited for the joke/It never did arrive.
Yes, I use PGP Words I thought I'd choke/I hardly recognize.
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