[FYI] Software Snags Crooks, Sneaking Spouses, but Alarms Privacy Advocates

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Feb 17, 2002  

Software Snags Crooks, Sneaking Spouses, but Alarms Privacy Advocates 
 

By Allison Linn The Associated Press  

SEATTLE (AP) - Right now, your boss, your spouse or the government 
could secretly be reading all your typed words - even the ones you 
deleted - while surreptitiously snapping your picture.  

Sound alarming? The man who makes it possible is the first to agree.  

"It's horrifying!" said Richard Eaton, who develops, markets and even 
answers the technical help line for WinWhatWhere Corp. software.  

"I'm Mr. Guard-My-Privacy, so it's kind of ironic," said Eaton, a 
lanky 48-year-old with a diamond stud earring. "Every time I add a 
feature into it, usually it's something that I've fought for a long 
time."  

His qualms haven't stopped him from selling the product, though - 
more than 200,000 copies of it, to everyone from suspicious spouses 
to the FBI.  

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