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Privatunes Anonymizes iTunes Plus

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-don't-know-if-anonymizes-is-a-word dept.

njondet writes "French-law.net reports that Ratatium.com, a French website specialized in technology news and software downloads, has just launched Privatunes, a free software that anonymizes DRM-free files bought on iTunes Plus. Last month's revelations that the DRM-free files sold by EMI on iTunes Plus came with user's full name and account e-mail embedded in them had raised serious privacy concerns. Ratatium.com explains (in French) that Privatunes is aimed at guaranteeing the privacy of users but also their rights as consumers to freely share and trade the songs they have purchased. However, the claim that this software is perfectly legal will surely be tested."

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  1. Re:Unbelievable. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have reported you to the police. I should expect to get my stolen iPod back any time now.

  2. Re:MOD PARENT UP by UbuntuDupe · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Aw, damn, I guess Dave Schroeder should have listened to me about the importance of karma buffers when you're going to say something unpopular, because you don't know when that will happen.

    Oh well, at *I* won't get penalized for posting this ...

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  3. Re:MOD PARENT UP by timster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The very concept "karma buffers" is the kind of idiocy I'd only expect from someone with a UID over a million, at least. Anyone who has been on this site for long enough to earn the karma bonus has figured out long ago that it's absurdly easy to get as much karma as you want. All you have to do is write a few posts cleverly designed to piss some people off, and put at the end "I'll probably get modded down for this..." Slashdot mods are almost universally shallow people (who else would care enough to bother passing out grades for posts?) and they'll rally around anyone who manages to convey an air of unfair persecution.

    So lay off it, UbuntuDupe. Nobody cares about karma, and it's obnoxious to see stupid posts about it cluttering up our nice pretty message board.

    And go ahead -- mod me down, if you really are as shallow as I think, but it's still an important point.

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  4. Re:Unbelievable. by blake3737 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yet you still post with to /. with your account name and not AC :)