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Privacy Story Moves Like a Comet

December 6, 1999 05:06 PM

Privacy Story Moves Like a Comet

One may question the honesty of encouraging customers to make their cursors cute without telling them that doing so will open them to advertising pitches. But Austin says customers are no more exposed than when they use browsers, which also expose surfers to the bombardment of banner ads. In any event, that's not the question on which the press chose to focus.

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