[380] in WWW Security List Archive
What's the deal ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mpoole@heac006.gb.ec.ps.net)
Tue Feb 14 09:28:56 1995
From: mpoole@heac006.gb.ec.ps.net
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 11:45:15 +0000 (GMT)
Reply-To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
I suspect that the following is not a real issue, but would be interested
to hear if anyone has any real details of what the problems are/were.
> ONLINE SPYING
> While you're connected to your favorite Web page, it's also connected
> to you, and could be copying all sorts of information off your hard
> drive, say industry experts. In fact, it happened last year when
> Central Point Software used registration software developed by
> Pipeline Communications, and inadvertently also gathered descriptions
> of the users' systems -- the type of microprocessor, the version of
> DOS and Windows, the type of display and mouse, and the amount of free
> space available on the hard drive. Customers squawked, and Central
> Point had Pipeline change the software. However, Pipeline reports that
> at least one of its clients is using the scanning feature now -- but
> only after getting the owner's permission. The lesson? "If you can't
> trust it, don't connect to it." (Forbes 2/13/95 p.186)
--
Martin Poole, Perot Systems Europe mpoole@heac006.gb.ec.ps.net
"No matter where you go, there you are." mpoole@cix.compulink.co.uk
