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![]() On the existence of watchful eyes, listening ears, and the carefully-compiled logs of the marketeers.
Or in the words of Andy Grove: |
In October of 96, we saw a new site Boardwalk.intel.com
with a never-before-seen signon announcement.
*** NOTE: All conversations on this server are being recorded.
Here's their web address:
http://connectedpc.com/iaweb/boardwalk
For a week, I tried to connect
to it dozens of times, but I continued to get a "The server does
not have a DNS entry" error (i.e., "no such place.").
One is reminded of the cartooned company suggestion box that leads to
the wastebasket.
However, the link should be
valid now. Read it for yourself. The rules and disclaimer mention
nothing about their comprehensive chat trap, except perhaps for
tangential references to "some limited review of the conduct and
language of Boardwalk users," which is immediately followed by a
disclaimer obviating Intel from liability "for any harm or damage
that you or others may incur from or in the Boardwalk."
"From"
their own
choice of words?
29 Oct - 5 Nov 96
The Boardwalk RespondsRE: Boardwalk.intel.comMatt, [who?] the main reason for keeping server logs is to help us to train the housekeeping Bots we're developing for the Boardwalk with realistic dialog transcripts. And yes, we might look at them from time to time (we haven't yet) to see if there are any hot technology trends or recurring topics that people might want to hear Intel host a topic chat on in a future session.We are adjusting the FAQ we post on the web http://connectedpc.com/iaweb/boardwalk/tips.htm to reflect the reason we capture dialog on the site. And no, sorry to disappoint, but we have no plans to sell this dialog! No games, no traps! OK? Also, sorry for the trouble you had connecting to & linking between the Boardwalk Palace and the Boardwalk web pages. We had a couple of startup hiccups, but the links should be pretty stable now. I hope that *anybody* is still entitled to the occasional broken link on a bad net day. As for the rumor you mention..it is only that - a rumor.
Rob (aka "marketroid")
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Palace Inc Weighs In(From the PUG Mailing List)
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 18:25:46 -0800
Just wanted to clear up some misinformation that has been spread the last
couple days:
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I should also mention that I agree with the comments that say there is no
real privacy on the Internet. We have tried very hard, in designing
the palace servers, to make it difficult for server operators to eavesdrop,
without the users knowing about it. For example, chat and whispers are
encrypted to discourage casual eavesdropping with a packet sniffer. However,
our efforts to make this difficult don't make it impossible.
Jim Bumgardner |