Re: The AOL Spyware

[mrousseau () SECURED ORG (Masial)]

> Maxime Rousseau wrote:
> > [snip]
> > SmartDownload software secretly monitors all .exe and .zip
> > files that are downloaded. Downloaded file info is fed back to Netscape
> > along with an identifying cookie that sits in the Navigator browser. "
>
> Ehhh.. sounds a bit redundant. Since smartdownloads come from
> the netscape web site, isn't it easier for netscape to just look
> at their web server logs?
>
> (Or am I missing something here?!?!)

You are indeed :)

SmartDownload would be a software that helps you manage your internet
downloads (all of them), so it would know EVERY file you download from the
net. If you are to download pam03.mpg or prostate.pdf, AOL would know.  Or
so does the article seem to claim. I find this somewhat disturbing. Question
is, whats its exact behaviour?

M.