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Given Up to Spyware?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the unset-passwords-and-publicly-writable-shares dept.

Khuffie writes "Wired has an interesting article about how some people have given up to spyware, knowing that the software they're installing virtually takes over their internet connection. What's even more ironic is that they claim it's a necessary evil for free software, when things like the Google Toolbar virtually replace Gator, and there are many spyware-free P2P programs available."

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  1. Reep the benefits by thedogcow · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ah, this is where I like to kick my feet up and tilt the chair further back.

    As a mac and linux user, I don't have to worry about this. The PC/Windows scenario will eventually be the death of its self.

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  2. Re:bad idea by Chuck+Bucket · · Score: 0, Troll

    I agree with you, best to next move her to Firefox, with the mozdev google toolbar hack, that should stay more trustworthy in the long run.

    Oh, and mark me as a troll, but gmail sucks imo.

    PCB#

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  3. Re:Download.Com by goon+america · · Score: 1, Troll

    Greedy corps brought it to the masses, and now it's become an accepted part of the "Internet experience."

    You mean the "Windows experience."

  4. Re:Azureus doesn't.... by bairy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Those comments are always BS.
    People who end *any* mini review with "I had to reformat" are clearly people who are either too stupid or too lazy to try the simple things like system restore or just yanking the app off. Unless there was a rather destructive virus attached there's not normally a reason to reformat and people who say their is can be safely ignored.

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  5. Short version by error406 · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Wired discovers: Stupid people exist."

    (this from the people who brought you the death of the webbrowser...)

  6. Re:bad idea by fatphil · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sorry, motherfucking Shit, I'll biggyback your post if I may.
    """
    How does one offer 500 times more space than their closest competitor, and still manage to suck?
    """

    Because it doesn't offer 500 times more space than their closest competitor. I've seen claims that some providers have _twice_ google's quota, but the one I use is a paultry 1/4 of google's size.

    So you (whoever Mf S's parent was) are out by _at least two orders of magnitude_. Heck, if it's worth being wrong, it's worth being totally, absolutely, not-even-on-the-same-planet wrong.

    (And Mf S makes some good points too.)

    FP.

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