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From: J. J. Lodder on 9 May 2010 04:40 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > [1] Except for Stefan Haller, author of MacSoup, who has not > > > > > equipped that particular bit of software with anything to spy on > > > > > users, no matter what any clearly mad and apparently Dutch people > > > > > might claim. > > > > > > > > Sure, you have to activate the spyware feature yourself. > > > > But we've been over that before, > > > > > > For those who might be worried: > > > > > > Jan thinks that MacSoup is `spyware' because when you post to Usenet, it > > > includes a User-Agent header, which secretly informs some secret agency > > > all about your personal, private information. > > > > Speak for yourself. > > <puzzled> I've looked and I don't see any claim from me that I'm > speaking for anyone else. <more puzzled> Then what does 'Jan thinks' mean? > So why include that annoying instruction? Just to annoy me? I woulndn't think of doing such a thing. > > > Well, actually, it > > > doesn't - it just tells the world that you are using MacSoup. > > > > Nothing wrong with a vanity tag. > > Which is not what you have claimed before. If MacSoup said nothing but 'User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.#.#' in it's headers I wouldn't have said anything on the subject, ever. Jan
From: Pd on 10 May 2010 10:52 J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > If MacSoup said nothing but 'User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.#.#' in it's headers > I wouldn't have said anything on the subject, ever. I don't see any need for the User-Agent string to include the Mac OSX version either. -- Pd
From: Woody on 10 May 2010 10:57 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > If MacSoup said nothing but 'User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.#.#' in it's headers > > I wouldn't have said anything on the subject, ever. > > I don't see any need for the User-Agent string to include the Mac OSX > version either. Pfft, you are only saying that becasue you are embarassed about your small version number. Obviously, my other version number is way bigger than this one... -- Woody
From: J. J. Lodder on 10 May 2010 17:19
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > If MacSoup said nothing but 'User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.#.#' in it's headers > > I wouldn't have said anything on the subject, ever. > > I don't see any need for the User-Agent string to include the Mac OSX > version either. Perfektionismus. You can, therefore you must, Jan |