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Stealware: Kazaa et al Stealing Link Commissions
goombah99 writes "We all heard about spyware, well now Kazaa, Morpheus and LimeWire are sneaking a new type of nastiness onto your computer, software that - without you even knowing it - redirects commissions for online purchases you make from other vendors you make back to them. For example, if you buy a CD from an affiliate of Amazon.com, say some charity, the software fools Amazon into crediting the commission to Morpheus, not the charity! The story quotes a LimeWire Developer who admits 'While I agree that this is really a
bit of a scam, it is a way for us to pay salaries while not adversely affecting our users.' The insidious part is the stealware
program remains even if you delete the original P2P software. And you supposedly gave your permission when you clicked through the EULA."
Gah kazza sucks giFT for evar! http://sourceforge.net/projects/gift
Am I the only one a little uncomfortable with how readily people sugest using Kazaa Lite? Whilst I'm not going to attempt to defend Kazaa or the numerous little bits of crapware that keep on being found in it - if you don't like Kazaa then just don't use it. It's not as if there're no alternatives.
It's nice when people release free software but we can't expect all software to be free. Kazaa lite is theft, pure and simple - we like your product, we like the network you've grown on it - but we don't want you to receive a penny for it.
Basically I feel it's a little hypocritical to complain about kazaa stealing referrals and then recommending you steal kazaa's ad revenue in the same post.
'While I agree that this is really a bit of a scam, it is a way for us to pay salaries while not adversely affecting our users.'
No, not +5 Funny.
Fer Chrissake, it's FRAUD!
+5 Insightful.
CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
Score 0 - Just not true. Even when I slap her the biscuits are late.
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How is this even close to -1 Offtopic? If you can't mod correctly, don't mod at all.
Bunch of trolls with mod points around here...<GRUMBLE>
CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
Yeah, I know what you mean. Lets have personal nukes for everyone, and just hope they use them responsibly!
Since human beings are diverse in character, giving out dangerous guns to pretty-much anyone who wants one, is, IMHO, complicity to the act of murder in itself.
I, mean, otherwise, it's ok to give, say, chemical weapons to an oppressive dictator, and resolve yourself from any responsibility when he commits an act of mass-murder.
Chemical weapons don't kill people, psychotic dictators kill people!
Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. - Ambrose Bierce
Tell that to the handgun institute...
The Bradies are deadset on believing that the only thing a handgun is good for is assasinating a president. Christ, a guy catches a bullet for a president and the entire country has to feel his pain.
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