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I am not aware of any spyware that installs itself with the consent of the user, thus the "spy" bit.
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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Surely the "spy" bit is there because info can be gleaned and sent elsewhere, regardless of consent for installation being granted or not.Originally posted by Urban Ranger
I am not aware of any spyware that installs itself with the consent of the user, thus the "spy" bit.Comment
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I don't know about the rest of you, but that damn Gator keeps asking me if I want to install it's bull**** whenever I surf these forums.Originally posted by Frozzy
Gator. Gator asks you to download it's cookie, and if idiots accept it, fair play to Commission Junction.
...people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - SnottyComment
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I never get this...
Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.-Isaiah 41:10
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Originally posted by Caligastia
I don't know about the rest of you, but that damn Gator keeps asking me if I want to install it's bull**** whenever I surf these forums.
Edit: I did in no way edit this post.Last edited by DrSpike; September 3, 2003, 16:52.Comment
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...people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - SnottyComment
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Oh, I think you meant to link me to this thread....people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - SnottyComment
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I have no idea how that happened. Must be a freak bug.
Yes the gator thread was what I attempted to point you to.Comment
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The one you linked me to was funny though.
...people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - SnottyComment
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Worst part is I was castigating Shiber for misclicking on an adjacent link the other day. When he sees this he will feast on the delicious irony.
Last edited by DrSpike; September 3, 2003, 17:16.Comment
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...people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - SnottyComment
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Well, if you install something that you have no idea what it does, that would be a personal problemOriginally posted by DrSpike
Surely the "spy" bit is there because info can be gleaned and sent elsewhere, regardless of consent for installation being granted or not.
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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Are you trying to get him to take responsibility for his own actions, UR??
AsmodeanIm not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the markComment
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Since you both missed the point I'll repeat this quote. I don't think this is the reason it is called spyware. I think the reason I gave seems more consistent. I may be wrong; either way neither of you addressed the point, especially UR, who is as slippery as always.Originally posted by Urban Ranger
I am not aware of any spyware that installs itself with the consent of the user, thus the "spy" bit.Comment
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