Jeremy341
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Re: Holy shit!
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That stuff is there anyways - Google is just FINDING IT, for chrissakes. Windows search would do the same thing, just slower.
You don't seem to understand how Google's program works. It installs a sniffer on the computer in order to capture certain things. How else could it log AIM conversations if you didn't have another logging program in place?
The point is, it doesn't just search files that are already on your hard drive. It also intercepts and logs network communications.
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Redmond, WA | Does it actually intercept communications? I don't read it that way. But if it does that would indeed be a major security issue. The last thing we need is another sniffer. |
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Jeremy341
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| said by claudeo :
Does it actually intercept communications? I don't read it that way. But if it does that would indeed be a major security issue. The last thing we need is another sniffer.
Yes, it really does. I just installed it (and uninstalled it 10 minutes later) on my computer to check it out and see for myself.
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Jeremy341
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localhost | Install the program and prove it to yourself. I don't have it installed anymore, and I'm not going to install it again.
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said by Jeremy341 :
said by claudeo :
Does it actually intercept communications? I don't read it that way. But if it does that would indeed be a major security issue. The last thing we need is another sniffer.
Yes, it really does. I just installed it (and uninstalled it 10 minutes later) on my computer to check it out and see for myself.
It does NOT "intercept communications". It searches files that are on your disk, and would be on your disk anyways. You are misinformed and incorrect, Jerw134. |
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Jerw134, you are simply the most alarmist person I've ever seen on this board.
The only thing close to "sniffing" it does is with AIM chats, and it explicitly asks if you want to do that.
Not turning it on is the same as not having it installed at all.
You're installing a SEARCH PROGRAM to find data on your computer. What do you expect it to do? Not look at files or data? |
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Jeremy341
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| said by tcp1 :
Jerw134, you are simply the most alarmist person I've ever seen on this board.
The only thing close to "sniffing" it does is with AIM chats, and it explicitly asks if you want to do that.
Not turning it on is the same as not having it installed at all.
Alarmist? I'm pointing out what the program does. You're claiming that all it does is look at files that would already be on your hard drive if the program weren't installed, and I pointed out the fact that this is not the case.
I know that you have to give the program permission before it does any of this. I wasn't taking issue with the program, I was taking issue with your misinformation. Please learn how to distinguish between those two things.
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tcp1
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Herndon, VA | We were talking about the WEB HISTORY function, not the AIM function. This is in regards to how it "stores" e-mails. |
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localhost | Well I decided to talk about the AIM function, so that interested people could understand more about how the program works.
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