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Spyware Makers Resent Cleaned-Up Versions
Tri0de points to a ZDnet artcle on a programmer who's taken it upon himself to release spyware- and adware-free versions of popular file-sharing programs. "'He's done Grokster and iMesh. And he's not alone. His work, now available through the Grokster and iMesh networks themselves, joins that of other programmers who have previously "cleaned" programs such as Kazaa and Audiogalaxy in a campaign against "adware" and "spyware."
Is the shoe on the other foot?'"
1)Create client for swaping music
2)?
3)Profit!!!
It wouldn't be too hard to build a trojan into one of these..... however this still might be the lesser of two evils.
Yeah.. I'd rather have a message come up on my screen once a month saying "You have been Own3D!!" then have any god damn popup ads over and over and....
=-Jippy
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Ummm, how can you reconcile that sig with your post dated 07:22 PM April 25th, 2002? I'm beginning to suspect that none of the MCAA bashers are going to boycott TAOTC either.
A Government Is a Body of People, Usually Notably Ungoverned
UpEvil.net reporters have just discovered a completely foolproof method for getting around adware and spyware in file/music sharing programs! Even better than the method described in this
Step 1: Uninstall all current file sharing progams on your PC
Step 2: When finished, simply start accquiring your music/movies through ethical and legal methods, like Emusic.com, or through an secret, ancient technique from the Far East called "Bu Yingt Hecd" (note from UpEvil medical staff: if you experience discomfort at the thought of supporting the corporate system through the given methods, we have found the best way to alleviate this pain is to cease the purchase/accquiring of corporate-produced music altogether)
(optional) Step 3: As an added bonus, install a Free operating system and avoid having to pay for Monopolyware too!
This has been your daily UpEvil "Kazaa-whores-are-a-bunch-of-cheap-whiny-fucks" post of the day. Thank you, and good night.
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Speeking of irony, you know that it's April 25th right? You might wanna take a look at your .sig ;)
put the what in the where?
P2P companies complaining about their intellectual properties being infringed?!?!?
HAHAHAHAHA... LOL.
I'm still an atheist, but if God keeps things up like this, how will I have any choice but to believe?
1. get Debian CD. 2. boot result of step 1 3. follow directions and liberate XP, w2k, w9x encumbered machine. 4. enjoy a virus free, ad free computing environment.
DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.
If the RIAA had any brains at all, they would have figured this out and ... uhh ... wait a minute, maybe Yuri == RIAA?
No Yuri!=RIAA... Come on guy, you answered you own question right there when you put "RIAA" and "had any brains at all" in the same sentence.
"Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
You should try popnot
I really hate Dan Patrick.
Here's a simple analogy: Guy meets girl
ho,ho slow down egghead, can`t you use an analogy involving the tcp three-way-handshake or something this is
Guy meets girl with boyfriend, guy steals girl, girl cheats on him,
crap...