Sprint broadband

Mon, 15 Jan 2001 09:43:17 -0000

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If I had that service (which I might have if I still lived in the
valley, I would wonder about the privacy implications of these
folks "scanning" my machine, and machines of other users?  Are 
they running a network analyzer on everyone or what?  

Mark Firestone

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-----Original Message-----
From: Craig White [mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com]
> I have received a phone call (answering machine got it
> unfortunately) letting me know that they had detected a "virus" on my
> system that was "eating network resources and degrading service for other
> customers."  I never did get any information out of them on what type of
> traffic they were seeing that led them to come to the conclusion that I
> had a virus. :)  When I talked to them on the phone the clueless
> tech(?) tried to tell me that the "virus" was attacking other
> systems.  I'm still waiting for them to explain that one to me.....
>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>If I had that service (which I might have if I still lived in the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>valley, I would wonder about the privacy implications of these</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>folks &quot;scanning&quot; my machine, and machines of other users?&nbsp; Are </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>they running a network analyzer on everyone or what?&nbsp; </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Mark Firestone</FONT>
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-----Original Message-----
 From: Craig White [<A HREF="mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com">mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com</A>]
 &gt; I have received a phone call (answering machine got it
 &gt; unfortunately) letting me know that they had detected a &quot;virus&quot; on my
 &gt; system that was &quot;eating network resources and degrading service for other
 &gt; customers.&quot;&nbsp; I never did get any information out of them on what type of
 &gt; traffic they were seeing that led them to come to the conclusion that I
 &gt; had a virus. :)&nbsp; When I talked to them on the phone the clueless
 &gt; tech(?) tried to tell me that the &quot;virus&quot; was attacking other
 &gt; systems.&nbsp; I'm still waiting for them to explain that one to me.....
 &gt;

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