Peter Lairo wrote:
> It seems that Mozilla now contains code that copies each url you visit
> into a OS readable textfile that can then be read by anyone on the
> internet (particulary Media Matrix). This seems to mean that anyone
> could know exactly which sites you are visiting. If this doesn't scare
> you, i don't know what will. It scares the crap out of me.
>
Not Internet, but on your PC (as someone already explained). It is
basically the same thing that allows download managers (GetRight,
Gozilla, etc.). These programs need a way to learn what link you are
opening, to be able to take it over in case it is one of the file
categories you've chosen to download with the download managers (usually
.exe, .zip, .rar, etc.).
Mozilla had no such "textfield" (simply a text resource readable by
other programs on your compuyter, a way od inter-application
communication) and Media Matrix (MM for brevity)wanted one for its
software to be able to work with Mozilla.
Actually doing this for MM and not GetRight is a little strange (I would
like Mozilla to be able to woek with GetRight, but I do not care about a
Media Matrix, whatever that is). But this does not mean anyone can read
your URLs, unless you've installed the MM sofware (wittingly or just
duped by the promise of some rewards and bonuses).
Does that make you sleep at night again?I hope so.
Jacek
