The credit card number is not required. Amazon.com accepts payment by check as well. I order from them all the time, and all the personal information I've ever given them is an email, name and shipping address.
First McAfee, now Symantec, how long until the FBI can get past any virus scanner they like? If there's spyware on my system, I don't care whose it is, I want it off! I wouldn't be too happy if I discovered a keystroke recorder running on my computer, with total immunity to antivirus programs, and I don't think anybody else would either.
So now the government can spy on us and the anti-virus programs will ignore it. Um, I thought those things were to protect you from spyware? I think I'll get a new virus scanner.
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The credit card number is not required. Amazon.com accepts payment by check as well. I order from them all the time, and all the personal information I've ever given them is an email, name and shipping address.
What about the ladies who are slashdot geeks?
No, you'll just see MSN.com borked, and only if you download the special "Bork" edition.
First McAfee, now Symantec, how long until the FBI can get past any virus scanner they like?
If there's spyware on my system, I don't care whose it is, I want it off! I wouldn't be too happy if I discovered a keystroke recorder running on my computer, with total immunity to antivirus programs, and I don't think anybody else would either.
So now the government can spy on us and the anti-virus programs will ignore it. Um, I thought those things were to protect you from spyware? I think I'll get a new virus scanner.