[ale] AOL "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> Well, these is that thing about IE returning a MSN search page instead
> of a 404 page when a 404 is returned.  
> 
> Wasn't there a to-do from the tinfoil-hat crowd some time back about
> some "feature" if IE's that "edited" content to redirect you to
> MS-sponsored or -affiliated sites?

M$ had come up with some 'innovation' to html pages where they would run 
pages through a filter before IE presented them and certain words would 
show up as links when they weren't links in the actual page.  M$'s 
intent was to sell this service so folks could force feed ads to you via 
IE.  Like you load a page that contains the word 'car' and it loads in 
your browser as a link to the ford motor company...

I don't know what they ever did with it, because they got slammed pretty 
good for intending on editing pages they did not have permission to edit..

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Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995