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.
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The Dungeon @7653
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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
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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…
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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.
Sub: IBM Info Center 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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Sub: IBM Info Center 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.
Sub: IBM Info Center 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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