Ditto. Sent from my iPad with Retina Display http://www.kevincallahan.org
On Nov 16, 2012, at 4:48 AM, Charles Dyer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 Nov 2012, at 03:06 , Scot Hacker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Nov 15, 2012, at 11:38 PM, Kevin Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm running Little Snitch 3 and discovered that when launching Skype, there >>> is at least one request to contact Facebook. I'm not a FB user and never >>> intend to become one. >>> >>> Disturbing. >> >> Why is it disturbing? > > Because if it wasn't for Little Snitch, then every time he launched Skype FB > would get a knock on its door. They can, and almost certainly will, keep > track of who knocks on their door, whether or not there's a follow up. It's > info they don't need to have. I don't use Skype, but it seems that this is > unexpected behavior and that there isn't a way to kill it in the prefs. This > means that _everyone_ who uses Skype is letting FB know they exist... unless > they block the contact with Little Snitch or similar. This is not good. > >> >> Since you don't have a FB account, it has nothing to discover. If you did >> have a FB account, it would be welcome behavior. > > No, it wouldn't. I don't have a FB account either, but if I did, I'd want to > contact FB _when I wished to_ and _only when I wished to_, same as I contact > any other service when I want to and only when I want to. I especially don't > want a 3rd party connecting me without asking and without permission. > >> >> ./s >> >> >> -- >> Birdhouse web and mail hosting >> http://hosting.birdhouse.org >> http://about.me/shacker >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
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