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To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (31609)	5/15/2000 1:12:00 PM
From: Frederick Smart	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Cookie Jar.... >>Microsoft discovers bugs in the cookie jar Microsoft Says Flaw in Browser Offers Access to 'Cookies' Data By TED BRIDIS Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Microsoft Corp. acknowledged a flaw in its popular Internet browser that could let hackers steal "cookies," sensitive files e-commerce sites use to track and conduct business with customers online.>> With the current DOJ case tracked for the duration, our federal government is in the process of nationalizing the core technology infrastructure which is unleashing radiating waves of fear which could backlash. Government has always used examples of the fear and misfortune of the few to start another restrictive security/entitlement expansion robed in the mantle of "the many." I opened the WSJ this morning to find that the Million Mom March - something I long suspected - had "one degree of separation" from Hillary and the Clintons. One of Hillary's chief henchwoman, Susan Thomasson's sister in law is Mrs. Million Mom March. If you stop to climb a humbly tree to look at the Big picture here, you begin to see a much larger pattern. Our federal government is becoming more and more aggressive about rolling back the rights and freedoms of the INDIVIDUALS. Gun control is their ultimate goal. Throughout world history, there's been a huge cost to pay in the form of terror and restrictions on individual rights anytime government have successful disarmed the citizenry. With a MS OS so frail and more and more holes being found in it, the DOJ case gives our govt. too much of a trump card to play seemingly for/against the INDIVIDUAL. Anytime we give govt. the power to track/label ANYTHING, individual rights usually suffer. I think we've reached the fault zone. It's time for INDIVIDUALS to claim their privacy, freedom and rights to their personal data/information and profiles. I have a hard time trusting the DOJ/Govt and Microsoft to work this out. This is the 4th or 5th egregious security hole we have seen in a MS-related OS or browser technology. Novell should simply "let go" and jump in bed with the open source movement on this subject. If we don't start to see more leadership on this issue, I will create a crazy band myself for a growing number of INDIVIDUALS to march in. I'm really fed up. This is like those FBI files gone crazy. Sure, anyone can say "relax Fred", it's only in "your mind", but as we learn the value of extending more trust between and among each other, we, too, need to learn the value of being more realistic - verifying this trust becomes one of THE main resource/values of community. It's time Eric. Do something. Go "higher" buddy!! Peace. GO!! Note: I will post this on the MSFT thread for I believe if we all "go higher" we can become a formidable force as we all try to get to the bottom of this discussion - ie. the truth.

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (31609)	5/15/2000 2:58:00 PM
From: Mark A. Forte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

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To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (31609)	5/15/2000 4:39:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

Hello Paul, > Microsoft discovers bugs in the cookie jar So I saw this over the weekend ... I'm curious if anyone wants to place bets ... How quickly will Microsoft prove that they are a "solutions provider" by releasing a solution to this bug? I will continue to argue that the battle will be "won" by those who accept the facts of imperfection, and deal with them effectively. IMHO, software will always want to evolve ... and humans will want it to also. Scott C. Lemon (P.S. Bonus Round Deep Thought: We make software in our image ... ;-)