Jonas J�rgensen typed: > Jay Garcia wrote: > >> In order to be classified as "Spyware", it would have to know your >> personal information to associate with the search criteria as well as >> demographics such as where you live possibly and/or other delimiting >> personal information. And since this "feature" cannot do that it cannot >> be classified as "Spyware". Every time you send email and/or post to a >> newsgroup, your IP address is readily available. > > > I disagree. "Spyware" is any software that spies on what you are doing > without your consent. For people with static IP adresses, an IP address > could be enough to reveal personal information. > > We don't know what AOL does with the data it collects, but Netscape 6 > certanly does qualify as _potential_ spyware. That doesn't make it any > worse than MSIE, though -- type an invalid domain name and you are taken > to MSN search. Who knows what MSFT does with the data they collect? > > So both IE and NS could potentially be spying on their users. Lucky for > me that I use Mozilla. > > /Jonas >
But at least with MS, you know you land on their site if you search term if void (doesn't excuse them though, still bad). Netscape goes through AOL without landing at the aol site, then forwards you to your search results. Deceptive to say the least. I would say if you are going to search for stuff that could be embarassing if discovered linked to your isp, use an anonymous proxy like anonyzmier.com or jproxy.com
