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To: David Lawrence who wrote (2891)	10/15/1998 7:56:00 PM
From: Len	Respond to of 32873

That I didn't know, so thank you. Thankfully, I almost always add the links as a bookmark, and surf there later, since SI used to keep the SI shell around those links when I went there anyway. Thanks again Len

To: David Lawrence who wrote (2891)	10/15/1998 8:53:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32873

But there is a darker side. Excerpt from: PERSONAL COMPUTING: Tiny New Chip Could Pit Protection of Property Against Right of Privacy nytimes.com ml By ROB FIXMER, rob@nytimes.com Companies are already using cookies to create personal profiles of Internet users by aggregating every piece of information we surrender on Web sites. The very kinds of sites we visit reveal a great deal about us to those who want our money, and when we buy products or enter contests or register to use a site, we reveal not only who we are but a great deal about how we live. At the same time, a study released this summer by the Federal Trade Commission revealed that most businesses on the Web did not tell visitors how the information they surrendered would be used. In a few cases, the study found that companies sold information that they had promised users would be kept confidential. The Clinton Administration insists that for now, the infant electronic-commerce industries be allowed to police themselves in matters of privacy. That is frightening enough when our cookies give up information dropped on our treks through cyberspace. When everything we do on line can be tied to our credit and bank cards, driver's licenses and passports, the extra security we have gained might well be outweighed by the privacy we have lost. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sorry Brad, just had to get it out of my system. Cheeky Kid Hates Cookies