July 23rd, 2001
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 Spyware, Privacy, and Gnutella
Long ago in a forum far far away... Quote:
Hey guys, the AdWare just pays the bills. Sure, the advertising site keeps a list of all the IPs who are sent the ad in the name of BearShare...
But your IPs are NOT hidden anyway!!
Any undercover RIAA/MPAA agent (the consulting firms they hire) can place themselves into the Gnutella network and learn the IPs of the surrounding users anyway. Additionally, they can learn what files you're offering and even DL some of them!! (Don't fool yourself into thinking they're not doing this already! They're just waiting for legal precedents to be set with Napster that will make it cheaper for them to prosecute the Top 2000 sharers... or so...)
The dangers posed by "Spyware" are far less than those we face already just by being on the network. At least spyware makes no note of what you're doing there, just that you're there (and when)...
In light of that, maybe it's not such a risky proposition in trade for Free Peers, Inc. being able to pay their bills.
| WHY do people seem to think that "Spyware" poses some additional risk?? Such fear is irrational and unjustified, from technical or legal standpoints.  |
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