Tuulilapsi
Kenosis
join:2002-07-29
Finland
| reply to TK421
Re: Is Microsoft about to buy Claria/Gator ???
Gator? I sincerely hope this is not true. Not only is it an incredibly bad marketing move, it would also appear to be pointless. 
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ilago
Premium
join:2005-06-28
Australia
 ·Internode
| Gator/Claria/GAIN are claiming a 40 million user database. This gives them a montrous database of information that is identifiable to a particular machine, if not the actual user, and access to a great deal of personal information about their users.
Microsoft claim about 85% of the desktop market worldwide and already have their own huge database of user information. How secure is the Microsoft promise of no personally identifiable information being collected during product activation, updating and error reporting?
Will Microsoft Antispyware remove this product or intervene in the installation of this product?
Surely Microsoft would be eroding the tiny gains they have managed to make in the credibility stakes on security issues? |
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
·Verizon Online DSL
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Tuulilapsi
said by Tuulilapsi  :Gator? I sincerely hope this is not true. Not only is it an incredibly bad marketing move, it would also appear to be pointless. If Microsoft wanted to be heroes, they could use some of their cash reserves to buy up some adware companies, acquire sole rights to the particular technology used, and then ... do nothing with it. Kill it.
That wouldn't be pointless.
It might even save Microsoft some money: easier to kill the enemy than develop defences.
This is of course pure dreaming on my part. |
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TheJoker
Premium,VIP,MVM
join:2001-04-26
Alexandria, VA
| said by dave :If Microsoft wanted to be heroes, they could use some of their cash reserves to buy up some adware companies, acquire sole rights to the particular technology used, and then ... do nothing with it. Kill it. The only thing that would do is encourage other malware companies to want to become the next acquisition buyout.
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Tuulilapsi
Kenosis
join:2002-07-29
Finland
| reply to dave
If they actually do that, Dave, I'm going to use that as the basis of an entire new religion. Maybe I'll call it scientology. 
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio | Isn't scientology all about getting claria clear? |
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Tuulilapsi
Kenosis
join:2002-07-29
Finland
| Well, now that you mentioned it...
On the darker side of things, I don't see how even Microsoft could clear the name of GatorClaria.
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catseyenu
Ack Pfft
Premium
join:2001-11-17
Fix East
| reply to TheJoker
Anyone that would reward a company like that is no friend to those concerned about security or privacy.
I'll bet the boyz over at 180 and CWS are pitching a tent just thinking what they could cash in on.  |
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