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| reply to bruzzes
Re: EULA Privacy Statements. I think there is no short answer. The EULA is, in essence, a contract. Would you sign any contract without reading and understanding it, but instead simply look for 'key phrases'?
In the case of most scumware, I assume the scum acually want you to skip over the EULA without reading it, while being able to claim (if necessary, in a court of law) that they told you everything. Thus, I'd conclude that looking for obvious phrases is a non-starter, because using obvious phrases is counter to the scum's goals.
I don't even see that it's required for anyone to tell you who wrote the software (hence '3rd party' is not likely to appear).
The important thing, for me, is knowing what information is gathered (and gathering anything at all, past the installation phrase, should be a red flag). |
