funsec mailing list archives
Re: Not all adware is badware
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:13:27 -0800
-- "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com> wrote:
Not all adware is badware http://news.com.com/Not+all+adware+is+badware/2010-7355_3-6058392.html
Adware goooood. Spyware baaaaaaaad. OK, now lets work on "Working computer good, slightly less working computer plus a whole bunch of free information about really, really useful products better!" Or "No programmer shall secretly install software on a users computer, without that secret software is necessary to give the user vital information about products that he really can't live without." ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () sun soci niu edu It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper. - Rod Serling http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- Not all adware is badware Richard M. Smith (Apr 06)
- Re: Not all adware is badware KF (lists) (Apr 06)
- Re: Not all adware is badware Dude VanWinkle (Apr 06)
- Re: Not all adware is badware security curmudgeon (Apr 07)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Not all adware is badware Fergie (Apr 06)
- Re: Not all adware is badware Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Apr 07)
- Re: Not all adware is badware KF (lists) (Apr 06)