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To: marcos who wrote (3676)	11/25/1998 9:20:00 AM
From: AugustWest	Respond to of 32873

I agree with you. I would like to hear SIs current policies on members' privacy, and how it it protected. Also, how private are private messages? and this should be known by everyone as well: Site Usage Information Go2Net gathers "site usage" information from all visitors to the Go2Net Web sites. Such data is used in the aggregate, to help determine general usage patterns and fine tune layout in order to assure that our sites are as useful and enjoyable as possible. This "site usage" and statistical information may be made public information at Go2Net's discretion. Please note that Go2Net does not control all HTML served in conjunction with its sites. Go2Net sites may include content from other parties that may perform user activity tracking other than that described herein. In particular, some of our partners may use "cookies" in ways that we do not. Is SI a Go2 web site? I found this of minor interest as well #reply-6548160

To: marcos who wrote (3676)	11/25/1998 1:15:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32873

marcos, >>>>This really points up the fact that nobody should ever ever ever even consider putting their true identity, location, or email in their profile.<<<< When I said that, some said indirectly, "what am I hiding", "why am I paranoid." When I first started chatting in chat rooms some 10-11 years ago, my computer gurus always told me NEVER use your real name, location, etc. Can you imagine if we were forced to use real names in profiles, and location, and your e-mail address? If you pissed someone off in a chat room, you could be spamed, prank phone calls, the list could go on and on. With your real name (and location would help a bit more) a jerk off could find out allot about you in minutes. What could he / she do with that info? It depends how many screws loose. When it comes to money, the best of friends could become the worst of enemies. I have seen it happen to family over a few hundred dollars. It's not being paranoid, just smart. For those who think we are paranoid, I have this question: Why do you lock your doors in your home? Why do you have bars on your windows? Why do you lock you car doors? What are you hiding in your home or car that you don't want people to see??????