From: Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 13:15:26 +0800
To: "Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>
Subject: Re: doubleclick monitoring web browsing habits
In-Reply-To: <199606141818.OAA27290@unix.asb.com>
Message-ID: <m2lohpykl2.fsf@deanna.miranova.com>
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>>>>> "Deranged" == Deranged Mutant <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com> writes:

Deranged> On 13 Jun 96 at 16:19, Hal wrote:

>> refrained from telling my Netscape browser my name and email
>> address out of fear that it would reveal this information; as a
>> result, I can't use mailto: links, which is annoying (and also
>> suspicious; lynx allows me to do mailto: without permanently
>> entering an email address).

Deranged> Lynx running under Unix can find out who you are on the
Deranged> system by checking your user id and the hostname.

So what?  So can any program you run, and so can Lynx running under
VMS.  The Good Thing about Lynx is that it refuses to put any personal
information in mail sent via mailto: unless you explicitly tell it to
do so.  I like this feature.

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