Re: New Spyware
From: CatThief (nospam@no.way)Date: 02/10/02
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From: CatThief <nospam@no.way> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 05:39:17 GMT
OneLouder wrote...
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> Believe me, I'm well aware I'm wasting my time on zealots.
>
> -- Duane
Duane,
At the risk of feeding a suspected troll... enough already!!! Name
calling does not become anyone and accomplishes nothing but
hostility.
You must at least be knowledgeable enough on this issue to realize
that some folks have a liking for completely unobtrusive Internet use
and want to retain their rightful option to exercise *choice*.
Regardless of however benignly you present your company's services
or wares, and however truly benign they may be, you must know how
there is enough real crap out there already being spread as wide as
the sky and most of us here and elsewhere are just plain fed up with
being exposed to it, having it shoved in our faces, choked down our
throats, and installed with neither warning nor our consent. You are
hearing from the voices of experience. Our cumulative negative
experiences involving the loss of privacy and security are enough to
make our skin crawl at the smell of anything that even hints at
resembling the behavior of spyware.
You are sitting on one side of the fence. Most of us here sit on the
other. Those of indifference sit in the middle. Perhaps the middle
folks should be your targets as those who sit on the opposite side
from where you sit just want to be left alone. We'll pay the monetary
price for decent software. We'll even accept the advertising in
exchange for a free product. But don't expect us to accept
compromised privacy and security, system instability, or anything else
that has been discovered in association with spyware and spyware
activity in exchange for someone's 'good word' on how the collection of
our personal information will benefit us. All it does is help vendors
support their products - something, by the way, to which we are not
opposed. There are just better ways to accomplish that goal is all.
As long as advertising and/or the gathering of personal identifying
information for marketing purposes and profit is a reality in today's
Internet and software world, we need the cooperation of all companies
in protecting the privacy of all consumers. We just want to be
*honestly* informed and given an *honest* choice. But realize along
the way that thousands of software and service titles have already
carved a path of mistrust. Among us here and elsewhere you will find
wide ranges of resentment, paranoia, distrust, and anger that are as
varied as our individuality as people. The bottom line, though, is the
same - we're damned cautious... and justifiably so.
Many Regards,
CatThief
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