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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Pity Prodigy. An information network linking computers across the nation, Prodigy prides itself on being user-friendly, but it is becoming known for user-enemies, who accuse it of unjust rate hikes and censorship. Now comes the gravest charge yet: that Prodigy peeks into customers' private files...
...same scam plays out at countless public phones, not just in New York City but in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and Washington as well. Someone picks up a credit-card number, often by looking over a legitimate user's shoulder or listening in on a charge call placed at a rotary phone. A working number can fetch $50 to $100 from a middleman, who then retails it to long lines of customers eager to pay $5 to $15 to call friends and relatives in, say, Colombia, Poland or the Philippines. A single number can quickly...
...Maloney said that the new plan, which measures fees in units of 100 cubic feet of water and effectively grants discounts to minor consumers, "shifts the onus to large user ships" like city universities and factory complexes...
...Harvard University, as a recipient of federal funds and a user of the facilities of the Commonwealth, to ensure that the tests are unbiased," said Foley...
...system is implemented through the husc8 and husc9 paths of the HASCS system. Users enter the IRC system by typing "warirc" at the husc prompt. Then they enter one of the two forums by typing "/INFO" or "/DISCUSS", which connect the user with the information line and the discussion line, respectively...