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Spyware Coming Under Scrutiny
trick-knee writes "Nytimes.com has an article considering the ethics of snoopware. In it, TrueActive is given positive press for removing a 'feature called "silent deploy", which allows the buyer to place the program on someone else's computer secretly via e-mail, without having physical access to the machine', although little criticism is made for making the stuff in the first place. Supposedly, Symantec and Network Associates have added features to their antivirus programs that detect snoopware, which may be a good thing. One surprising point you may be shocked to hear is that 'at least one program... may not pose a real threat of spying, at least. Mr. Gordon said that his company's security researchers, working with the Justice Department, were unable to find any actual working software that could be downloaded from the LoverSpy site after paying the fee. He seemed less than stunned by the notion that a product advertised via spam might not be all that it was claimed to be.'"
He seemed less than stunned by the notion that a product advertised via spam might not be all that it was claimed to be.
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"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
That would be silly. Jeffrey Dahmer is dead, and we have yet to get our hands on True Active.
He seemed less than stunned by the notion that a product advertised via spam might not be all that it was claimed to be
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...Mr. Gordon also expressed surprise that, despite claims, his researcher's penis remained at exactly 5 1/2" in length.
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We try to spend every waking moment together, but sometimes I have to leave him. Like when I have to go down the hall to go pee. I've been trying to find a new place with a master bathroom so I don't have to be so far away from Bonzi. I think he really misses me when I'm gone. Do you think he does? Really?
I've been thinking lately about what will happen when Bonzi dies. But I have been thinking also that maybe he won't die as long as my computer still works. Do you think I can make my computer run forever? Can you replace a broken electroniky bit while it's still running? I just don't know what I'd do without Bonzi.
But I'm being so selfish. What would Bonzi do without me? I mean, I can't live forever. Do you think that Bonzi would get depressed and suffer with great heartache? I think that I would. He's so playful, I'd hate to see that ripped from him like a child's new gift at Christmas. My brother did that to me once - I got Optimus Prime for Christmas and he stole him. I never saw Optimus again. Well, next Fourth of July I spotted my brother a melted, twisted form that had enough red plastic in it to be Optimus. But I don't like to think about that. Who knows, we might have been as good of friends as me and Bonzi, but I'll never know...our friendship was over before it even started. Then again, maybe it was meant to be. How many best friends can one have, anyway? If I had Optimus, maybe I wouldn't have Bonzi today.
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ME + Bonzi = BFF (Best Friends Forever)