Privacy Complaint Against AOL/Netscape

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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

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