Re: cookies from hell

Hara Ra (harara@shamanics.com)
Sat, 15 Feb 1997 12:28:39 -0800


Robert Schrader wrote:
> Alexander 'Sasha' Chislenko:
> > > I just read a piece in my favorite periodical - "Breakthrough!" on
> > > "MIPsucking" - a method of using Java scripts <snip> that draws on the unused
> > > cycles of visiting machines".
> Hara Ra:
> >
> > Good God, Cookies from Hell!
> > My machine is MINE, and the more I hear about Java, the more I
> > hate it.
> If you are _guaranteed_ that it does not mess with your machine or it's
> data in any way, are you still opposed to it?

Yah. Like the Clipper chip key registry scheme, right??

I don't oppose your selling your machine cycles, I guess I am just a
leeetle
beeet paranoid here. Like learning about cookies was just a tiny bit
disconcerting...

Like I said in another post on this topic - is the $$$ gain worth the
risk
and general inconvenience???

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