From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 08:31:10 +0800
To: sameer <jsw@netscape.com
Subject: Re: REM_ote
Message-ID: <199602260003.QAA01640@netcom7.netcom.com>
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At  8:17 AM 2/24/96 -0800, sameer wrote:
>> about your browsing habits.  Of course we have never done this, but if we
>> were "phoning home" periodically to check for new releases it might raise
>> some suspicion among the more paranoid.
>> 
>>   I guess we could make it an option...
>
>        I don't think you need to "phone home". Just make it happen
>whenever someone hits the Netscape web site. some monstrous percentage
>of Netscape users haven't changed the default home page, and even
>those who have do go to the Netscape page every now and then.

I will point out that we are already trusting our copy of the Netscape
browser not to abuse its knowledge of our browsing habits.  The best we can
do to assure that our trust is not misplaced is monitor its communications,
and if it is encrypting, we can't even do that.


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