jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
 ·Dreamhost
 ·Armstrong Zoom In..
| Spyware-Adware
Spyware can be defined as any program or website for that matter ('code' in general) that tracks your movement online for any reason (like displaying customized ADs). No, GoogleAds is not spyware, they go by the information presented on the site that they are located.
Cydoor, by far, is Spyware. I like to call spyware AdwareX2 since it spys on you and creates Ads.
Spyware on the other hand is a little better, yes it does make pop-up ads and annoying banners but does not track you in any way. Spyware I consider to be a step in the right direction, but not quite there...
Personally I would like to see ALL spyware and adware abolished.
I tell you what, I was more likely to click on an interesting AD Banner on a website in 1995 when thats ALL they were, just an image banner. All this spyware/adware/moving ads, etc. causes me to forget to even look at anything interesting as I am more consumed in CLOSING ADS!
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- "Techie" Jim |
