File Downloader Spying Privacy from Companies7/17/2000; 10:38:06 AM 'As you will see below, if you use the RealNetworks RealDownload, Netscape/AOL Smart Download, or NetZip Download Demon utilities . . .'EVERY TIME you use one of these utilities to download ANY FILE from ANYWHERE on the Internet, the complete "URL address" of the file, along with YOUR computer's individual Internet IP address, and a UNIQUE ID TAG that has been assigned to YOUR machine, is immediately (and secretly) transmitted to the program's publisher.'This is not new news, but importent nonetheless.First item posted with Manila Express for News Items. Thanks David Carter-Tod.