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Re: Postscript in Netscape

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Fri Oct 20 22:16:56 1995

Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 08:47:50 +0800
To: fc@all.net (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen), jsw@netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com

At 07:56 AM 10/18/95 -0400, Dr. Frederick B. Cohen wrote:
> WRONG!!! Netscape claims to be "secure" - hence it is Netscape's job to
> be secure - regardless of the user's use of their product.  Otherwise,
> the ads should read:

Warning:  This bullet proof vest will not protect you if you take it
off and stand in front of a gun.

If you download a virus infested executable using netscape and 
execute it, what do you expect?

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