DaemonPremium
join:2003-06-29
San Francisco, CA Reviews:
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Re: WeatherBug software is NOT spyware or adware said by anthrorules:
Collecting personal information, even zip codes, and using it for purposes of "target advertising" is SPYWARE.
I disagree. Spyware are programs that collect information about you, personal or otherwise, and share it without your consent. Offering your zipcode isn't spyware because you offered it. Targetted adverising isn't Spyware in and of itself either, if the information used to create the target was offered by the user.
Granted, the description given in these posts is vague at best. I also agree with your description of Adware.
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Gohdan
join:2004-02-11
Maryville, TN | I just switched to Gaim. I installed the non-beta version of AIM and I saw nothing about an option to install anything else, but Sygate did throw up the warning in this link:
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