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Originally posted by Mushlafa
what is it that you have against spyware? Is there anything on your computer you dont want other people seeing? Well if there is.. your ISP could get it whenever it wants so i dont see what everyones problem with it
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what is it that you have against me looking in your bedroom? Is there anything in your bedroom you dont want other people seeing? Well if there is.. your mum could get it whenever she wants so i dont see what everyones problem with it
The point is it's MY computer. As in
I have control over it. I have a lot of personal stuff on it, and no-one else has any business poking about in it without my express permission.
Your ISP cannot "get everything" on your computer whenever it wants. For instance, how do they get a copy of your msvcrt.dll? Oh wait, it never enters or leaves your computer so they never see it. What about that email? Oh, it was sent with 2048 bit RSA encryption. What about that server you're connecting to? Oh, you're doing it through an SSH tunnel via two anaonymous proxies, so no-one has any idea what you're up to.
The chains are only chains for as long as you hold on to them.
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besides slowing down your net speed like a few KB per second.. i still dont see a reason to go out of your way to get a diff version... who cares if they see what websites you go to? Thats no diff than looking your hard drive
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So you're saying you don't mind me filling your inbox with spam, getting incessant cold calls on the phone, etc etc? The spyware is there to get information about you, so it can be sold to advertisers. If you think this is a good idea, send me your email address, there's some good, uh, mailing lists I think you should belong to. If you don't care about being spied on, fine, but understand other people are quite as acquiescent as you are.
Besides, learning how to cripple spyware taught me more about computers than any book could've ever done
Fifteen email addresses: free
Linux: free
Email client: free
Never getting any spam ever: priceless.