Spy v. Spy

An anonymous reader writes "MSNBC is reporting on a brewing battle between makers of spy software and anti-spy software. According to this article the makers of Spector and WinWhatWhere have added a feature to their new software that disables the popular anti-spy software Who's Watching Me."

Comments

Grey Spy

[azaroth42]

What we really need is the Grey Spy as she always wins. Now, who is that Grey Spy?

-- Azaroth

AntiSpy Tech

[Anonymous Coward]

In other news, CTRL+ALT+DEL is said to circumvent WinWhatWhere security measures...

Yikes

[gregfortune]

Dang, I didn't even know that stuff existed :o( That's taking software development to a new low. What is love/loyalty/etc if you don't trust it and must periodically monitor the person's lifestyle to make *yourself* feel better? That's just sleezy.

At some point a company will probably (if it hasn't happened already) offer the fact that they do not run such software as an benefit. Some day, that may be a decision you make ranking right up their with stock options/benefits/work location/pay rate.

And heck, maybe we'll pick our spouses the same way. As in, "Do you promise to love and obey your husband and never use spyware on him?"

Re:Or use the simple method....

[great_flaming_foo]

Better yet, just unplug the power. Not only will that prevent any spyware on the market, it also makes your computer really secure. ;-)

Re:Grounds for divorce.

[bigmouth_strikes]

That's A+ in Geek; walking out of a marriage over a piece of software.

Maybe that's why you are unmarried ? :)

switching to Battlebots mode

[Anonymous Coward]

But just like most American cars, by the time it has reached the Honda, it will break down.

Re:This is a trojan horse, plain and simple.

[Arker]

So what?

If you think EULAs are agreements I have a nice big stretch of seaside property in Oklahoma for you.

EULAs are just stray scritti that superstitious publishers make you click through. No one reads them. No one agrees to them. They are no more contractually binding than my next two sentences are.

By clicking reply you agree to transfer to me your firstborn daughter, along with the sum of $50,000, at whatever point in the future I request. If your firstborn daughter is over the age of majority at that time, I may, at my option, take a younger daughter, a son, or an automobile, in place of her. You agree that I may, if I feel it necessary, take those items you have agreed to provide me without informing you until afterwards. You agree to hold me harmless and without blame for any incidental property damage or criminal charges that may result from such action on my part.

There, I even bolded it to make sure you read it, unlike those silly little EULAs.

Duh, the easiest solution...

[psxndc]

Is hide your pr0n on a separate computer. OpenBSD's learning curve is so high, my girlfriend will never find it.

psxndc

Re:That reminds me of an entry from the Jargon Fil

[gosand]

The scenario sounds familiar, but the names do not. On the old Sun terminals, you could do a screenshot of another user's terminal. It was always interesting to do that to someone, just for the fun of it. That was before the net really existed though, so not much of a chance of catching someone looking at pr0n. What was really cruel was to dump the passwd file (or a binary) to all of their terminal windows. he he. You could hear the cursing across the cubicles. I always found it more fun to just send a CRLF to them, because it wouldn't be so obvious that they got nailed. Oh, and you could display background images on their terminals too. THAT was always a sure-fire way to cross the line, especially if you did it just before their boss walked up. We even had a script called "pissoff" and when you ran it, it would prompt you "Which user would you like to piss off?". Pick from the list, give it a message, or a file to dump, and watch the ensuing hilarity.

pr0n

[joshuaos]

OpenBSD's learning curve is so high, my girlfriend will never find it.

Amen to that. I run RedHat, and keep my pr0n in a .pr0n directory right there in my home directory. I couldn't possibly imagine her finding it. All she knows how to do is connect to the internet and browse the web.

Cheers, Joshua