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159/250: Prodigy.....Warning!!!
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Name: Yosef, The Computer Rabbi #1 @2628
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Date: Tue Mar 12 22:36:34 1991
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From: Tech Centre One (Washington) 206-377-4493
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RE: Yes Prodigy does e-mail...
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With regard to the postings going around about Prodigy's services and them
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using their software for checking "you out"... etc..
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As I had seen some info on this, I decided to check it out. Upon
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examining my "STAGE.DAT" file, I found that it had in it text from some of my
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programs on my system, most notably from games. Prodigy has said that this
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can happen due to the "STAGE.DAT" file using "deleted file" space. Well, the
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games that were in this file were ones that were currently in use in my
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system, and had no files from them deleted. THERE IS NO WAY THAT PRODIGY
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COULD COME BY THIS HONESTLY!!!
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Due to this fact, I have cancelled my service and am considering taking
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further action. What you do with this information is your business, but I
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figure prospective users should be aware of such things when using or looking
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to subscribe to the service.
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Sub: IBM Info Center
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199/250: Prodigy
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Name: Trigger #5 @7653
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Date: Sat Mar 16 11:47:52 1991
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From: The Dungeon (Upstate New York) 716-656-8573
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I would think that the information which Prodigy can retrieve about your
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system may have been designed so that they could gain marketing information
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about you, so that they can adjust their advertising to suit. If this is
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true, and not a fault from programming, I find this to be criminally
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intrusive. I would hope that the FCC is aware of this, if not, perhaps fellow
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bbsers would care to create a letter writing campaign.
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Trigger
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The Dungeon @7653
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716-656/c:>>>Trigger<<<
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Sub: IBM Info Center
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234/250: Something is screwy here....
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Name: Eagle #218 @7310
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Date: Sun Mar 17 15:41:32 1991
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From:^Eldritch Boulevard (Virginia) 703-931-0431
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RE: Prodigy.....Warning!!!
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BY: Yosef, The Computer Rabbi #1 @2628
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so basically speaking Prodigy knows what's on your system, I say we all
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carefully examine this and take a few steps furthur. I swear, maybe we could
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get a big law suit going. Hmmmmmmm
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> E A G L E <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>
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This space for rent!!!
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Sub: IBM Info Center
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235/250: Prodigy...
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Name: Bluestreak #243 @7310
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Date: Sun Mar 17 22:11:21 1991
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From:^Eldritch Boulevard (Virginia) 703-931-0431
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Hmm... I have Prodigy... Maybe I should check out that Stage.DAT file...
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<20><><EFBFBD>===<3D><><EFBFBD>BLUESTREAK<41><4B><EFBFBD>===<3D><><EFBFBD>
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Sub: IBM Info Center65/250: Agreed, Trigger!
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Name: Wayne #44 @9995
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Date: Wed Mar 20 01:13:52 1991
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From: Bovine BBS (North Carolina) 919-493-4498
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RE: Prodigy
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It was recently posted that someone had looked at their STAGE.DAT file in
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their PRODIGY directory. They were amazed at the info that had been pulled
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into this file by Prodigy. I immediately checked my own STAGE.DAT and, sure
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enough, there were .DOCS from my MS-WORD directory, files from my QMODEM
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directory and several other files that you, normally, would not find in a
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directory of Online Computer Services. I have moved my Prodigy program to disk
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on the outside chance that I may use it again. I'm really p.o.'d about it and
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haven't, yet, decided what I will do. Maybe discuss the matter with several of
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my law professors.
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Sub: IBM Info Center
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71/250: regarding the Prodigy fraud investigation...
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Name: James Arthur Strohm #154 @5282
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Date: Thu Mar 21 16:21:30 1991
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From: Klingon Empire (South/Central Texas) 512-459-1088
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RE: URGENT! Read this now! [RT]
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The Electronic Freedom Foundation is, even as we read this, already aware of
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those investigations and is pursuing its own independent study. I'll share
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any new information I learn.
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**> WWIVNet Origin: Klingon Empire BBS >*< 1200-2400bd >*< 512-459-1088
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Sub: IBM Info Center
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116/250: STAGE.DAT
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Name: Wayne #44 @9995
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Date: Thu Mar 21 22:37:39 1991
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From: Bovine BBS (North Carolina) 919-493-4498
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RE: Prodigy...
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RE: Prodigy
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It was recently posted that someone had looked at their
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STAGE.DAT file in their PRODIGY directory. They were amazed
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at the info that had been pulled into this file by Prodigy.
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I immediately checked my own STAGE.DAT and, sure enough,
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there were .DOCS from my MS-WORD directory, files from my
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QMODEM directory and several other files that you, normally,
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would not find in a directory of Online Computer Services.
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I have moved my Prodigy program to disk on the outside
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chance that I may use it again. I'm really p.o.'d about it
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and haven't, yet, decided what I will do. Maybe discuss the
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matter with several of my law professors.
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Sub: IBM Info Center
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171/250: well..
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Name: Terminal Terror #83 @2306
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Date: Sun Mar 24 17:30:56 1991
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From: Cheers! (Connecticut) 203-826-6249
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BY: Blakdelvi #279 @2306
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RE: prodigy checking personal files???
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...i ripped out my backup copy of prodigy.. sure enough.. STAGE.DAT was there..
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guess what was in it:
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part of my telemate dialing directory
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some PERSONAL letters I had on my system
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bits and pieces of almost ever .ASM file on my system
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(seems they are looking to pirate code eh??)
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and some EXE files (at least headers) I couldn't
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Identify.. MZ every couple of K.. geesh
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I am now going to contact my lawyer to see if what they are doing is legal (I
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know it isn't) and to find out what >I< can do about it... probably not much..
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anyways.. if your on prodigy.. GET OFF!!! don't call em again, don't use their
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software.. BACK IT UP, and REMOVE IT FROM YOUR HARD DRIVE.
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make sure you DO make a backup though.. just in case something ELSE like this
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comes up... you can se what else prodigy knows about you..
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Sub: IBM Info Center
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