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To: Burt Masnick who wrote (72021)	1/25/1999 2:52:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

RE:"Intel Agrees To Change Its Chips" Obviously they didn't check first with Paul Engel, SI's greatest proponent of cyber-snooping. I wonder who will want the "Big Brother enabled" first run of Pentium IIIs? I don't want one. Jim

To: Burt Masnick who wrote (72021)	1/25/1999 3:08:00 PM
From: Barry Grossman	Respond to of 186894

Privacy groups that had launched a boycott of Intel products just four hours before the company's announcement today said they were ''delighted that Intel has taken one small step toward respecting people's privacy.'' But they said Intel's software concession still was inadequate. ''You still have the problem of an ID number, and Web sites can force people to disclose that ID number as a condition to get into the sites,'' complained David Banisar of the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center. ''Just having a software patch does not resolve the underlying concerns.'' ---------------------- Surely these privacy advocates must already know that there are plenty of web sites that already ask you to identify yourself before access is allowed. Are they going to ask for a boycott on these sites too? Like Schwab, Amazon.com, EBay and many others? I don't think so. Methinks their agenda is a bit one-sided - but I'm not at all surprised. Barry

To: Burt Masnick who wrote (72021)	1/25/1999 4:06:00 PM
From: rustr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

<<''You still have the problem of an ID number, and Web sites can force people to disclose that ID number as a condition to get into the sites,'' complained David Banisar of the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center. >> This kind of thinking kills me...who is going to "force" someone to go to the website. Don't go. If people do not want to turn on the feature for electronic commerce, etc. Then the businesses on the web who require this will dry up from lack of customers. The system fixes itself. There is another side to this privacy issue that has not even been mentioned. That is "spoofing." Now, with my CPU ID number, no one can pretend they are me. Unsavory characters on the web cannot pretend they are me with a little info to get more important info (like credit card numbers). I wish these groups "protecting" my privacy would go after the government. I drive around a car with a "unique identifier." That doesn't seem to bother them. Also, true story, I just got a speeding ticket. Now my mailbox is filled with advertisements from traffic schools (including the comedy one) and lawyers. Can anyone easily find out this info without my consent? (including my girlfriends father....uh oh...) just my $.02 rustr