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alhanson
join:2006-01-29
Barneveld, WI
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Re: Has anyone tried Magicjack with Wildblue?
Magicjack installs a back door on you computer. A back door is a two way street. Then Magicjack install their ad ware on your computer. It collects your personal and private information, about what you do, where you go, and other information about you. Then it sends this information to Magicjack and they sell it to third parities, or who ever they can get to buy it. This is how they make there money. I do not know how to make this any clearer. It not the incoming that’s the problem it is the out going you don’t see. The ad ware is always calling home. The up link on the satellite is the most vulnerable and is going to slow you down if it is always spitting updates out every time you turn around.
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IUseMJ
@gci.net
| MagicJack operates off of the Microsoft Telnet protocol, which is the same protocol used by netmeeting and Microsoft Office. I had a devil of a time closing it, but not because of Magic Jack. Microsoft Office kept it open. Once I took out my firewall exceptions for Office, the port returned to stealth.
Trust me, I've heard all of the alarms. Yes, MagicJack is supposed to operate off of an ad based business model, but then so does Google and many other programs we use every day. MagicJack is no safer and no more problematic than any other program and certainly is not as dangerous as tracking cookies and web beacons we encounter everyday while we surf the Internet. | |
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