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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (47582)	7/10/2000 10:11:24 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Well, now, what have we here??? :))) Uh, oh. From the English Ezine, The Register, AOL faces snooping court case By: Kieren McCarthy Posted: 07/07/2000 at 12:25 GMT A lawsuit has been taken out [English Trans: "filed"] against AOL, accusing it of violating privacy laws. The complainant, Christopher Specht, alleges that Netscape's SmartDownload software secretly monitors all .exe and .zip files that are downloaded. Downloaded file info is fed back to Netscape along with an identifying cookie that sits in the Navigator browser. Specht (no, we've no idea who he is - he may work for www.lawphoto.com) says AOL (don't forget that AOL now owns Netscape along with every other hi-tech company) is using this setup to eavesdrop. "It is using SmartDownload to intercept and to send to defendants information about a communication to which defendants are not a party," the complaint says.... theregister.co.uk

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