On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:19:42 -0500, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "Doug"
<DeliverSpam@Landfill.Com> wrote:
>
> Will a Firewall or Proxy server protect against these spy programs?
[snip]

Not if you do something silly to obviate them, they won't.

> I'm
> guessing they won't because having to lower your browser security
> settings to allow cookies and sometimes activeX controls to access a
> particular website would leave you vulnerable.
[snip]

This is a perfect example of what I was just talking about. Are you
familiar with the old joke about the man who goes to the Doctor:

Man: "Doctor, Doctor, it hurts when I hold my arm like this!"
Doctor: "Then don't hold your arm like that."

Get the point?

> For instance, my own ip requires i have
> cookies turned on to access my account.
[snip]

Say what? That sentence doesn't even make any sense.

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Jay T. Blocksom
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usenet01[at]appropriate-tech.net


"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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