[Sheflug] Re: bounce

[Richard <nospam [at] sheflug.co.uk>]

Paul

Just a word about AOL....

wulfie wrote:
 
> The pennies all seem to add up to fifteen quid more or less, prices are
> floating around to match AOL (or so it seems). BT's SurfTogether seems a
> very poor offering in comparison. As I said, this was mainly for the trouble
> & bin lids on their Winbox. I'm not even thinking about doing anything
> requiring security over AOL! The Winmodem on this box precludes Linux access
> for the time being anyway.

About two or three years ago I was on the Pegasus Mail for Windows
list when all of us received some mail from an AOL programmer who had
just been thrown out of the door at his AOL office.  Reason for his
dismissal was that he had tried to explain to someone else that he had
been told to produce software with a back door in it.  When he tried
to make it public that it was AOL and American government policy to
allow any old cyber crook back door access to anyone's computer then
he was lost into the throng and forgotten about.

Still, by the time the online info has been misused by the right
people so they can make millions I should think we won't even
recognise the twisted way that they've done it to us :)

Thanks

-- 
Richard
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