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- From: aggie@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu (I R A Aggie)
- Subject: Re: PRODIGY New and improved STILL SUCKS, HORRIBLE as before
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- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 23:46:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.173723.38291@watson.ibm.com>, rubin@watson.ibm.com
- (Bill Rubin) wrote:
-
- > But to make the
- > claim that Prodigy is snooping on your machine is just ridiculous. I do not
- > care what the anonymous letter to that magazine said, it simply is not true.
-
- From what I've read here, it's not impossible for them to snoop on their
- customers. If it's not impossible, then it's not "ridiculous". Imagine
- the wealth of data that can be obtained just by looking at what apps
- the user uses!
-
- Do they have lots of games? Which word processor? What disk utilities?
- Break that down, and software publishers can zero in on like candidates
- for sidegrades and special deals!
-
- After all the difficulty they've had, Prodigy should know that they can't
- afford the merest *hint* of impropriety. I for one am quite happy without
- them, and will continue to be that way.
-
- James
-