On the Internet

I am referring to the letter from Osvaldo Coelho captioned "Internet" (The Jakarta Post, Nov. 7, 1996). It is true that "Big Brother is watching you on the Internet." I also found my cookie, in my case, called "cookies.txt" in the Netscape program. I am a little bit rattled by this fact, and would like to find out what I could do about it. Are there any solutions to this practice? Could we modify the info so that Netscape gets the message?

I would propose that Mr. Zatni Arbi, who is regularly writing for The Jakarta Post on computers, follows up on The Economist article mentioned by Mr. Osvaldo Coelho.

As a matter of fact, it would be nice if we could contact Zatni direct by e-mail, such as is possible with the authors of the monthly automobile page.

Another question to The Jakarta Post. I remember that for some time, The Jakarta Post went on the net, but it is nowhere mentioned in the paper. Could you give me your web site?

C. BROUERIUS VAN NIDEK

Jakarta

Note: We went on the net through a number of agencies in the United States, Germany and Hong Kong.

-- Editor