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From: J. J. Lodder on 18 Dec 2009 11:56
Mike Dee <mikedee(a)emteedee.invalid> wrote:

> nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) wrote:
>
> > MacSoup is fully functional without registration.
> > All registration does is activate the spyware feature.
> > You can try it at your ease.
>
> "Activate the _spyware_ feature"? Care to flesh this out a little, or
> did you mean to type "de-activate" here instead?

Activate.

Registered copies of MacSoup
broadcast the system version you are using
(and hence info about the kind of your mac) to the world.
Unregistered copies merely say you use MacSoup,
which is unobjectionable,

Jan
From: Jim on 18 Dec 2009 12:07
On 2009-12-18, J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>>
>> > MacSoup is fully functional without registration.
>> > All registration does is activate the spyware feature.
>> > You can try it at your ease.
>>
>> "Activate the _spyware_ feature"? Care to flesh this out a little, or
>> did you mean to type "de-activate" here instead?
>
> Activate.
>
> Registered copies of MacSoup
> broadcast the system version you are using
> (and hence info about the kind of your mac) to the world.
> Unregistered copies merely say you use MacSoup,
> which is unobjectionable,

It's not spyware, so stop bloody overreacting.

Jim
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From: The Older Gentleman on 18 Dec 2009 12:29
Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospam.otterson-bg.couk> wrote:

> I've read the announcement and comments about the latest release of
> MacSoup and it sounds like what I might look for in my gradual move from
> Windows to Mac. My real question is about Kagi - not a payment system I
> have ever used or heard of. Being mildly paranoid, anyone like to
> re-assure me please?

I've used it and my bank account wasn't emptied.

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From: J. J. Lodder on 18 Dec 2009 13:52
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> On 2009-12-18, J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
> >>
> >> > MacSoup is fully functional without registration.
> >> > All registration does is activate the spyware feature.
> >> > You can try it at your ease.
> >>
> >> "Activate the _spyware_ feature"? Care to flesh this out a little, or
> >> did you mean to type "de-activate" here instead?
> >
> > Activate.
> >
> > Registered copies of MacSoup
> > broadcast the system version you are using
> > (and hence info about the kind of your mac) to the world.
> > Unregistered copies merely say you use MacSoup,
> > which is unobjectionable,
>
> It's not spyware, so stop bloody overreacting.

Then what do you call it,
if you don't want to call it
by it's customary name?

Jan
From: Jim on 18 Dec 2009 13:55
J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:

> > It's not spyware, so stop bloody overreacting.
>
> Then what do you call it,
> if you don't want to call it
> by it's customary name?

"An unwanted header".

For pity's sake...

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