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To: Green Receipt who wrote (4288)	2/4/1999 9:49:00 AM
From: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32871

Well as paranoid as Cheeky is he should not like what your website just did..... and yeah you have a point and I guess this is how I get junk mail in my ISP email account ..an account that I rarely give out... btw, Cheryl..do you object to this profile????? It does make it clear you went somewhere else Member 3735787

To: Green Receipt who wrote (4288)	2/4/1999 10:31:00 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32871

Sorry, buddy, NO SECURITY RISK. NONE. LEFT SI DECIDE WHAT WILL HAPPEN. So the next time you click on a link think this: thestreet.com BE SURE TO READ EVERY LETTER IN THIS URL A RE-DIRECT SCRIPT IS A FANCY LINK, THAT'S IT. SORRY TO DISAPOINT YOU BUT NO SECURITY RISK FROM ME. FEEL FREE TO TURN THE WORDS AROUND ANT WAY YOU LIKE, JUST LIKE IN THE Y2K DEBATE.

To: Green Receipt who wrote (4288)	2/4/1999 2:42:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 32871

To suggest that this is a "huge security risk", and that everybody should fear for their files tucked away on their hard drives because of a re-direct, does a great dis-service, and instills unnecessary paranoia among those unfamiliar with the technology. IP tracking can be (and is) done anywhere. Everybody here has had their IP tracked whilst not knowing it. I would suggest that everybody turn off their modems if they're really bothered with it. Because if one is paranoid enough to relate a simple re-direct link to the stealing of their top secret stuff from their drives, then even a Fort Knox firewall isn't going to be enough security. If Cheeky had simply put the http ref in a link in his profile, as so many people do, rather than a re-direct, the result would be exactly the same, albeit one additional click. You wouldn't necessarily know where you were going whether you click on his profile, or click on the link in his profile. This issue has been blown waaayy out of proportion. Net surfers encounter re-directs and IP sniffing every single day. Let's try not to take the Howard Hughes approach&#151he lived a pretty miserable existence, clammed up in his hovel, paranoid of everything that moved.