Messages in this thread | | | From | Ingo Oeser <> | Subject | Re: Wiretapping Linux? | Date | Tue, 16 May 2006 19:09:46 +0200 |
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Hi,
On Tuesday, 16. May 2006 17:05, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > It's hard to find Windows products that don't contain > such spyware. As Linux becomes more prevalent on the > desktop, you can expect to find such spyware there > too.
Recent examples: - Update availability checkers (e.g. Adept). - Installation routines of a certain distribution calling all a predefined NTP server instead of pool.ntp.org on first start.
The NTP variant is a clever idea with low traffic and tells you first usage and usage at all.
Regards
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