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Privacy Complaint Against AOL/Netscape
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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:32:59 -0500
Forwarded by: "Berislav Kucan BHZ" <bhz () net-security org> "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CHRISTOPHER SPECHT, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION and AMERICA ONLINE, INC., Defendants." (...) "2. Unbeknownst to the members of the Class, and without their authorization, defendants have been spying on their Internet activities. "SmartDownload," a product distributed by defendants to users of Netscape's "Communicator" Web browser, secretly transmits to defendants information identifying the name, type, and source of each and every exe or zip file that a an Internet user downloads using SmartDownload from any site on the Internet, along with information uniquely identifying the visitor. " (...) More information: http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/netscapecase.shtml Cheers, Berislav Kucan aka BHZ bhz () net-security org http://net-security.org ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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