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159/250: Prodigy.....Warning!!!
Name: Yosef, The Computer Rabbi #1 @2628
Date: Tue Mar 12 22:36:34 1991
From: Tech Centre One (Washington) 206-377-4493

RE: Yes Prodigy does e-mail...

    With regard to the postings going around about Prodigy's services and them
using their software for checking "you out"... etc..

    As I had seen some info on this, I decided to check it out.  Upon
examining my "STAGE.DAT" file, I found that it had in it text from some of my
programs on my system, most notably from games.  Prodigy has said that this
can happen due to the "STAGE.DAT" file using "deleted file" space.  Well, the
games that were in this file were ones that were currently in use in my
system, and had no files from them deleted.  THERE IS NO WAY THAT PRODIGY
COULD COME BY THIS HONESTLY!!!
    Due to this fact, I have cancelled my service and am considering taking
further action.  What you do with this information is your business, but I
figure prospective users should be aware of such things when using or looking
to subscribe to the service.


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199/250: Prodigy
Name: Trigger #5 @7653
Date: Sat Mar 16 11:47:52 1991
From: The Dungeon (Upstate New York) 716-656-8573

I would think that the information which Prodigy can retrieve about your
system may have been designed so that they could gain marketing information
about you, so that they can adjust their advertising to suit.  If this is
true, and not a fault from programming, I find this to be criminally
intrusive.  I would hope that the FCC is aware of this, if not, perhaps fellow
bbsers would care to create a letter writing campaign.

                                    Trigger
                               The Dungeon @7653
                            716-656/c:>>>Trigger<<<


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234/250: Something is screwy here....
Name: Eagle #218 @7310
Date: Sun Mar 17 15:41:32 1991
From:^Eldritch Boulevard (Virginia) 703-931-0431

RE: Prodigy.....Warning!!!
BY: Yosef, The Computer Rabbi #1 @2628

so basically speaking Prodigy knows what's on your system, I say we all
carefully examine this and take a few steps furthur.  I swear, maybe we could
get a big law suit going. Hmmmmmmm


                             ????? E A G L E ?????
                             This space for rent!!!



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235/250: Prodigy...
Name: Bluestreak #243 @7310
Date: Sun Mar 17 22:11:21 1991
From:^Eldritch Boulevard (Virginia) 703-931-0431

Hmm...  I have Prodigy...  Maybe I should check out that Stage.DAT file...

                                  ???===???BLUESTREAK???===???


 Sub: IBM Info Center65/250: Agreed, Trigger!                                                        
Name: Wayne #44 @9995                                                           
Date: Wed Mar 20 01:13:52 1991                                                  
From: Bovine BBS (North Carolina) 919-493-4498                                  
                                                                                
RE: Prodigy                                                                     
                                                                                
It was recently posted that someone had looked at their STAGE.DAT file in       
their PRODIGY directory. They were amazed at the info that had been pulled      
into this file by Prodigy. I immediately checked my own STAGE.DAT and, sure     
enough, there were .DOCS from my MS-WORD directory, files from my QMODEM        
directory and several other files that you, normally, would not find in a       
directory of Online Computer Services. I have moved my Prodigy program to disk  
on the outside chance that I may use it again. I'm really p.o.'d about it and   
haven't, yet, decided what I will do. Maybe discuss the matter with several of  
my law professors.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
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71/250: regarding the Prodigy fraud investigation...                            
Name: James Arthur Strohm #154 @5282                                            
Date: Thu Mar 21 16:21:30 1991                                                  
From: Klingon Empire (South/Central Texas) 512-459-1088                         
                                                                                
RE: URGENT! Read this now!                      [RT]                            
                                                                                
The Electronic Freedom Foundation is, even as we read this, already aware of    
those investigations and is pursuing its own independent study.  I'll share     
any new information I learn.                                                    
                                                                                

                                                                                
                                                                                
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116/250: STAGE.DAT                                                              
Name: Wayne #44 @9995                                                           
Date: Thu Mar 21 22:37:39 1991                                                  
From: Bovine BBS (North Carolina) 919-493-4498                                  
                                                                                
RE: Prodigy...                                                                  
                                                                                
 RE: Prodigy                                                                    
                                                                                
      It was recently posted that someone had looked at their                   
 STAGE.DAT file in their PRODIGY directory. They were amazed                    
 at the info that had been pulled into this file by Prodigy.                    
 I immediately checked my own STAGE.DAT and, sure enough,                       
 there were .DOCS from my MS-WORD directory, files from my                      
 QMODEM directory and several other files that you, normally,                   
 would not find in a directory of Online Computer Services.                     
      I have moved my Prodigy program to disk on the outside                    
 chance that I may use it again. I'm really p.o.'d about it                     
 and haven't, yet, decided what I will do. Maybe discuss the                    
 matter with several of my law professors.                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
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171/250: well..                                                                 
Name: Terminal Terror #83 @2306                                                 
Date: Sun Mar 24 17:30:56 1991                                                  
From: Cheers! (Connecticut) 203-826-6249                                        
                                                                                
BY: Blakdelvi #279 @2306                                                        
RE: prodigy checking personal files???                                          
                                                                                
...i ripped out my backup copy of prodigy.. sure enough.. STAGE.DAT was there.. 
                                                                                
guess what was in it:                                                           
                                                                                
         part of my telemate dialing directory                                  
         some PERSONAL letters I had on my system                               
         bits and pieces of almost ever .ASM file on my system                  
            (seems they are looking to pirate code eh??)                        
         and some EXE files (at least headers) I couldn't                       
            Identify..  MZ every couple of K.. geesh                            
                                                                                
I am now going to contact my lawyer to see if what they are doing is legal (I   
know it isn't) and to find out what >I< can do about it... probably not much..  
                                                                                
anyways.. if your on prodigy.. GET OFF!!! don't call em again, don't use their  
software.. BACK IT UP, and REMOVE IT FROM YOUR HARD DRIVE.                      
                                                                                
make sure you DO make a backup though.. just in case something ELSE like this   
comes up... you can se what else prodigy knows about you..                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
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