Old Software (Was: Re: big brother in your cc)

From: Alec Muffett (alecmat_private)
Date: Mon Jun 14 1999 - 12:00:05 PDT

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    [Aleph - please expedite posting this if possible.  Love'n'Hugs.]
    
    >Whilst this isn't strictly speaking a security bug, it borders on
    >Sun acting in a very "big brother" manner which is frightening!
    
    Hi Guys,
    
    The story I am told, is:
    
    | This is VERY OLD NEWS.  This info was collected as part of the
    | Workshop 5.0 Early Access and Developer Release programs.  It is
    | *not*, I repeat, NOT turned on in the FCS release of the product.
    | When customers downloaded the Early Access and Developer Release
    | products off the web they where told this info was being collected via
    | the FAQ and via the web security disclosure statment on the web
    | site. In addition, the FAQ told them how to turn it off if they felt
    | that it was data they did no want to devulge.
    |
    | The Early Access and Developer Release web sites are long since
    | defunct since the WS 5.0 product FCS in 2/2/99.  It used to be located
    | at http://access1.sun.com/workshop5.0ea.
    
    ...so, can anyone submit an instance of this happening with the non
    early-access software?
    
    	- alec
    



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