Re: Are Instant Messengers a Security Rick or just a nuisance?

From: JP (ft00mch@hot-mail.com)
Date: 02/19/02 

From: "JP" <ft00mch@hot-mail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:26:35 -0000

"Eirik Seim" <eirik@peter.mi.uib.no> wrote in message
news:slrna7494f.ndo.eirik@peter.mi.uib.no...
> In article <tepc8.89$Px4.444@news.uk.colt.net>, JP wrote:
> > "Eirik Seim" <eirik@peter.mi.uib.no> wrote in message
> > news:slrna72j5g.ksl.eirik@peter.mi.uib.no...
>
> [snip]
>
> >> And for the collecting data part of the question, this is commonly
known
> >> as 'spyware'. Typically, it will collect information on what kind of
web
> >> sites you visit, perhaps in order to figure out what kind of spam you
> >> would
> >> like the most. Or perhaps what newsgroups you read. Or whatever.
> >
> > OK, so....where did you get that information?
>
> Right here on comp.security.firewalls, from paranoid (probably with a
reason)
> windows users. They're also all over alt.privacy.spyware. You really
should
> try google.com once in a while.

Sorry Eirik,

I was actually after the original poster response (wenver) to backup his
claim but he has disappeared.
My contention being that if you make claims like that, the least you can do
is offer a URL pointing to some "evidence".

> Personally, I have no experience with 'spyware', as my choice of operating
> systems isn't exactly what you'd call mainstream.

Sounds interesting, what it is BeOS?? :-)

Then again, I don't think I've had experience of spyware but then if I knew
about it it wouldn't be very good!

JP

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