April 8th, 2004, 06:07 PM
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Re: OT: SPYWARE/TROJAN and Off Topic!
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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
All this does is a key check of its own software. I have trouble considering that to be in the Category of "spying".
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It is taking over the user's hardware for purposes of reporting home without the Users knowledge or consent. No matter how miniscule the amount of data sent home, that is spying.
Not malicious spying, perhaps, but spying nevertheless.
The fact that a lot of other programs also do it without notifiying the user is not an excuse.... Though it may be an explanation.
[ April 08, 2004, 17:07: Message edited by: Peter Ebbesen ]
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