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Re: The facts? said by starstuff:
Did you read wired's article? see it at: »www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,184···,00.html
and in particular: »users.rcn.com/rms2000/privacy/comet.htm
Looks like Richard Smith description is more than just planting a cookie.
Please don't be so vague or general in your posts. Yes I read it. Where did you think I got my facts and opinions that I specifically list in detail--by crystal ball?
I also read all of the many Lavaware forum posts. Did you? In my post I stated specific facts and opinions and asked questions. So which of my opinions or facts or incorrect?
How about answering the question I ask about what defines whether a program is spyware? What is the specific trait--especially in comet cursor that makes it spyware. I am not saying it is or is not--but what is the standard? And again, in my statements and opinions I list what is incorrect in your opinion? Speak up, don't refer to links or to what someone else may have said somewhere in some article someplace. If you think I've got something wrong then tell me and be specific. Which of the seven points I list are incorrect and how are they incorrect?
What does comet cursor do besides assign you an unique number you can change if you want so it is not unique and it shows what websites you've visited? What personal identifying information other than that does it transmit? How is that different from a cookie like doubleclick?
And finally, just because someone says something is true, Richard Smith for instance, doesn't automatically make it true. Especially when he says it about something over three years and one half years ago!!! Thats right, his comments accurate or not refer to how the comet cursor program was in January 1999! Not now! Think maybe anything is different since then? Based upon all the articles and forum posts it is a lot different.
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"Only the dead have seen the end of war." Plato
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