At 10:45 PM 1/10/00 -0500, Steve Sobol wrote:
"Henry R. Linneweh" wrote:
http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-silicon.html
With an excellent, and I think appropriate, quote from Sun CEO Scott McNealy at the top of the article.
while I hope Scott McNealy is using hyperbole when he says, "You have zero privacy now. Get over it" (the PC Week "Quote of the Week," Feb. 1, 1999), it's not at all clear that he is.
I hardly think McNealy is exaggerating. Our privacy has been disappearing for years already.
That's nothing. With a Java/macro-language enabled browser/e-mail/word processor/whatever application(s), a Bad Guy (tm) can collect data off your HD without your knowledge. Add standard file locations for a program with sensitive data, say Quicken, and Mr. Joe User who doesn't know how to do anything but double-click "setup.exe" and "hit enter" is in big trouble. (Especially if he likes his pr0n. :) But I think the most important thing to come out of the article is that "smuttystuff.com" is unregistered. Sounds like a great name for domain speculators if you ask me..... :) TTFN, patrick P.S. Try not to send 30+KB of HTML code to the list next time plz. -- I Am Not An Isp - www.ianai.net ISPF, The Forum for ISPs by ISPs, <http://www.ispf.com> "Think of it as evolution in action." - Niven & Pournelle (OhMyGod - Watch out 'Net, I got enable again! ;-)