LrdVader
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San Diego, CA
| reply to Logan 5
Re: Ummmmmmm ok.
said by Logan 5  :
Any chance of some proof to back this statememt up? I have not seen anything to indicate that this servce is malware or spyware. I'm not saying that maybe it isin't those things, but so far it has yet to be proven because the article has scant real information...
Sure. Here's a thread from another forum where this service was discussed, including posted full source from a test message showing the web bug:
»www.emailaddresses.com/forum/sho···id=21830
This particular service seems to stop at web bugs, but they have competitors that are slimier. Here's a nice discussion, on the same forum, of readnotify.com, which provides the same basic service but uses dirtier tricks (includes links to some pages dissecting those tricks):
»www.emailaddresses.com/forum/sho···id=22267
said by Logan 5 :
Can you please point out to me where in their Terms of Use for the product that it states that they use spyware or spam tricks? »www.didtheyreadit.com/index.php/···#privacy
Of course they aren't going to say "We use spammer tricks!" in their own TOU. But they don't say they don't, either. The privacy policy says they don't keep copies of messages - which is probably true, since that's not the point of the service. The point of the service *is* to spy on message recipients on behalf of senders, so of course there's absolutely nothing in the policy to preclude that.
said by Logan 5 :
Here's a link to a support FAQ that talks about the LACK of spyware in the product: »www.didtheyreadit.com/index.php/···#spyware
That's really more a question of definitions than anything else. If you define "spyware" as being a program that gets installed on your computer and spies on you, then their statement is true. But note exactly what that statement is. They say that the product doesn't contain spyware, not that it doesn't spy.
It's also worth noting the wording of the rest of that answer: "We respect the privacy of our users." Once again, strictly true, but misleading. They respect the privacy of their users because their users aren't the ones being spied on. They don't say a word about the privacy of the recipients of their bugged messages, since they're in the business of violating that. |
