From: Michael Sattler <msattler@jungle.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 95 18:43:40 PST
To: Cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: web pages sucking secrets from your hard drive
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At 17:13 2/9/95, jltocher@CCGATE.HAC.COM wrote:

>While you're connected to your favorite Web page, it's also connected
>to you, and could be copying all sorts of information off your hard
>drive, say industry experts.

Wrong.

>In fact, it happened last year when
>Central Point Software used registration software developed by
>Pipeline Communications

Can you tell the difference between a web session and an installer?

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