From: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 08:39:10 +0800
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject: Re: Oil Change software snoops through hard drive
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On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> Alan forwarded this to me. Thought it might be interesting. -Declan
[..].]
> Unanswered Qs:
> 1) What other kinds of info does/can it troll for?
> 2) What does it do when it finds unregistered software?
> 3) Does it implicate ECPA?
> 4) Will updates be available through other means?
> 5) Must a user affirmatively grant permission to the software agent?
> 6) Can a user decline or limit the agent's access?
> 7) What uses may the agent's owner make of data collected?
> etc.

Well, if you want definitive answers, use Stan Mitchell's File Monitor,
ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/examples/windows/win95.update/schulman.html#w95fmon

But free to fear-monger in any case...

-rich