On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 14:19:24 -0500, Jim Frost wrote:

>> If you have Network HotSync (provided on the CD that comes with your Visor) enabled 
>on your machine, and a malicious user knows your name (ex. John Smith), and the ip of 
>your machine (ex.
192.168.22.22, or jsmith.company.com), he can change the name on his Visor to yours, 
do a Network hotsync with your ip, and download all of your email, send email as you, 
and perform any function
that you can.
>
>I'd think this would be true of the Palm too, since the software is
>effectively the same.

The only difference I've seen is the USB driver support and the fact that it creates 
its icons in a folder called "Handspring Desktop". Everything else (executable icon, 
splash screen, etc.) says
Palm Computing or 3Com.

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