Re: Wireshark misused?

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl>]

Hi,

Getting to your reference to 'term agreement', I assume you refer to 'license 
agreement'. In that case there's nothing for you.
Wireshark is FOSS (Free Open Source Software) covered by the GPLv2 (General 
Public License v2). This license relates to the software itself, its source code 
and compiled form. Nothing is said about applicable use of the software, hence 
the term 'Free' in FOSS.

If you feel your personal information has been wrongfully used against you, you 
might consider legal action, but I doubt it would succeed. The tools are there 
and the expectation of privacy probably not, due to the fine print in your 
contract. But that's something for the legal hacks to find out. Here we deal 
with technical hacks.

Thanks,
Jaap

On 04/27/2011 08:12 PM, KHOI DO wrote:
> To whom it may concerned,
>
> A lot of people around the world are using wireshark for solving their network
> problem. Do you know that some employers ( government agency) has been using
> wireshark to capture their employees' personal information and using that
> information to fire them. I am one of the victimes.
>
> I like to ask if you have anything related to this issue in your term agreement.
> Please let me know.
> I also happy to provide all information about this issue in detail. Please
> contact me.
>
> Khoi Do
> Worked for Health Human Services Commission of TX.

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