AmeritecTech
Change we can believe in, 1922
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join:2002-09-06
Houston, TX | Could Be Useful
This could be of some use, but most spyware does seem to disclose what it does. Unfortunately, few read EULA's anymore. |
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Burpinator
join:2004-02-23
Winston Salem, NC
| There's a government workshop on Spyware April 19th, open to the public. I saw the link on the FTC website last night when I went there for something unrelated.
»www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/spyware/index.htm
It sounds like a public forum for "defining" spyware. Maybe its a chance to do something. Maybe the link is worth a more prominent place on BBR? I mean, we are always complaining about it on this board, now here's a chance to potentially do something. |
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Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
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join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA
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said by AmeritecTech  :
This could be of some use, but most spyware does seem to disclose what it does.
But then, if it discloses what it does, is it really spyware?
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mr_slick
join:2003-05-22
Lynnwood, WA
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i admit that i do not read EULA's because it takes me a week or more to read the thing (they are like 50 pages long now!). i do try to scan through them, but you almost have to be an attorney to understand it all. that is why i do not use new software. i have all the software i need and i just keep using the old versions (with the exception of windows, browser, and av/firewall updates). the older versions of most software works better anyways  |
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AmeritecTech
Change we can believe in, 1922
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Houston, TX | This might help. www.oldversion.com
Love that site. |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
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Just a question AmeritechTech. Doesn't this go against the (small/no) government ideals of libertarians? |
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AmeritecTech
Change we can believe in, 1922
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join:2002-09-06
Houston, TX
| Libertarians believe that the maximum role of government should be protecting people from force and fraud initiated by others. I would consider harvesting personal information including browsing habits without consent to be a form of fraud. Of course, if its all disclosed in the EULA, I have no objections to what they do. People need to start taking EULA's more seriously. If the document is too long too read I think that they would be best suited by not using the program. I can read through most EULA's in about 15 minutes.
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Independent thinkers tend to ALWAYS have someone not agreeing with them. It's the non-thinkers that always come in legions." -John Callari |
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