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From: Bear Bottoms on 24 Jun 2007 14:23 On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:53:04 -0500, Kat Mandu <Mandu(a)isp.ne> wrote: > So, the Radlight in Super is just an a-squared false positive? (I have > none of this apps, myself.) I didn't even check it. Had this actually been an issue, it would have come out a long time ago. -- Bear Bottoms Freeware website: http://bearbottoms1.com Pricelessware participants are trying to dominate this NG. That dominance could be tolerated if they would not team up AGAINST others who decide not to participate in their endeavors, try to dictate what is or is not freeware beyond the simple definition of free software, flame "outsiders" posting about freeware rather than discuss issues, or try to run freeware authors out of the group with their ideas of what is or is not freeware. Pricelesswarehome.org claims that ACF participants choose the programs listed, rather than truthfully claiming Pricelessware participants do such business in the ACF forum.
From: M25 on 24 Jun 2007 15:38 "Kat Mandu" <Mandu(a)isp.ne> wrote in message news:467ec50e$0$97271$892e7fe2(a)authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... > Bear Bottoms wrote: >> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:53:04 -0500, Kat Mandu <Mandu(a)isp.ne> wrote: >> >>> So, the Radlight in Super is just an a-squared false positive? (I have >>> none of this apps, myself.) >> >> I didn't even check it. Had this actually been an issue, it would have >> come out a long time ago. >> > > I would think so, too. Question, why does Super need to connect to the internet every time it starts, if it's to check for updates then why not just have a button in Super for that function?
From: Ian Jackson on 25 Jun 2007 14:33 In message <5e9ijpF37butiU3(a)mid.individual.net>, hummingbird <hummingbird(a)2die4.com> writes >On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:38:13 GMT 'M25' >posted this onto alt.comp.freeware: > >>Question, why does Super need to connect to >>the internet every time it starts, if it's to check for >>updates then why not just have a button in Super for that function? > >There is often nothing nefarious about a program trying to call home >when it starts. Usually it's to check for a later version or new sig >file etc and the benefit of it is that it gives the authors some idea >of the number of times their program is started around the world by >different users.That's very useful data if you're a program developer. > >Some may say that tracking usage is actually a prime driver behind >calling home and checking for updates is just the PR front to justify >it. Others say that when it happens the program's shovelling all your >private data to a mothership somewhere. > >The only way to be sure is to block access thru your firewall. If that >causes the program to halt, then throw it away. That's my general >approach and it seems to serve me well. > Super still works fine even if you tell your firewall to say "No". Ian. --
From: Lord Possum on 25 Jun 2007 19:17
hummingbird <hummingbird(a)2die4.com> wrote in news:5e9ijpF37butiU3(a)mid.individual.net: >>Question, why does Super need to connect to >>the internet every time it starts, if it's to check for >>updates then why not just have a button in Super for that >>function? ========== OT: This is one of the reasons for you to follow the thread lately about having a firewall with OUTBOUND protection... if you don't want the thing to call home everytime it starts up. Of course, software authors also have the right to require a call-home first before the program will execute and do anything; in which case I avoid such software. If it's free, it's a way for authors to get some indication of how popular. If it's shareware or commercial, then it's a nuisance, but a way to determine who is/is not paying for a password. I can see an author's side of it, but when it becomes a nuisance, then that author isn't going to sell well. Lord Possum |