"and reporting what the user does using a unique ID"
Did you even read what I wrote, or run the test?
I've found no network traffic that "reports what the user does."
And bundling software is sneaking onto systems? Guess a lot of companies are spyware now. Guess Microsoft is a spyware company because they bundled Internet Explorer with Windows, huh?
And OMG! A media player that plays ads. WOW what's this world coming to! Next thing you know, televisions are going to be playing comercials.
Does anyone else see how ridiculous people are getting with this mass paranoia? Maybe if we actually took the time to educate ourselves about the world we wouldn't be so scared all the time.
"A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on." -
William S. Burroughs
There are a lot of programs on my machine that I don't know how they got there. For me to label all of them as spyware, would be ignorant indeed. I don't know about you guys, but I don't read every EULA for every software I install. And with companies bundling software so often, it doesn't suprise me that I have so many programs installed on my machine.
So with that said, it would be REALLY SMART to actually see what these applications are doing.
This is what you have to do to determine if a piece of software is spyware or not.
1. Install a web debugging proxy that can decrypt SSL (like charles)
2. Watch the traffic being generated by these programs
3. See if any personal information, or marketing information is being sent to their servers.
4. If not- it's not spyware
and guess what guys...
VIEWPOINT IS NOT SPYWARE!
They are checking for updates and updating their player.
Sorry to dissapoint... Sometimes the truth hurts.
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"and reporting what the user does using a unique ID"
Did you even read what I wrote, or run the test?
I've found no network traffic that "reports what the user does."
And bundling software is sneaking onto systems? Guess a lot of companies are spyware now. Guess Microsoft is a spyware company because they bundled Internet Explorer with Windows, huh?
And OMG! A media player that plays ads. WOW what's this world coming to! Next thing you know, televisions are going to be playing comercials.
Does anyone else see how ridiculous people are getting with this mass paranoia?
Maybe if we actually took the time to educate ourselves about the world we wouldn't be so scared all the time.
"A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on." - William S. Burroughs
There are a lot of programs on my machine that I don't know how they got there. For me to label all of them as spyware, would be ignorant indeed. I don't know about you guys, but I don't read every EULA for every software I install. And with companies bundling software so often, it doesn't suprise me that I have so many programs installed on my machine. So with that said, it would be REALLY SMART to actually see what these applications are doing. This is what you have to do to determine if a piece of software is spyware or not. 1. Install a web debugging proxy that can decrypt SSL (like charles) 2. Watch the traffic being generated by these programs 3. See if any personal information, or marketing information is being sent to their servers. 4. If not- it's not spyware and guess what guys... VIEWPOINT IS NOT SPYWARE! They are checking for updates and updating their player. Sorry to dissapoint... Sometimes the truth hurts.