With the questions going around of "how can I hide the icon" I am certain
that someone somewhere is putting some piece of that small VNC server into
their latest crack. The point is that since it is a tool it is not right to
color everyone's use of VNC as bad. It's something perfectly legitimate
that I use every day to enhance my ability to control my networks (through
secure VPN pipes, of course) and I don't want to see it go away.
Ernie
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Brodbeck
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> Subject: RE: VNC as spyware on TV
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>
> To be fair, you *could* use it as spyware. I really have no doubts that
> some businesses use it that way.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ernie Oporto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 8:01 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: VNC as spyware on TV
>
>
> This morning's Today show on NBC about spyware mentioned VNC as a
> freely downloadable spyware tool. My first reaction was "awww dammit,
> these morons are screwing up their info again".
>
> Upon hearing this, I thought about how the web site really doesn't do a
> lot of marketing into saying exactly what it is that VNC does other
> than display a desktop. It goes into too many details right away,
> which the average person will skim over as their eyes glaze, so that
> the only thing I can see them coming away with is "you can view remote
> desktops".
>
> As an introduction page, http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ should be
> more of a benefits page with gloss and hype and "This will help you
> handle all those servers", "connect to your remote desktop while on
> vacation", "road warriors can control their office desktops while on
> the other side of the planet", and that sort of thing. Why not add a
> warning about non-tray icon versions or at least something along the
> lines of the "this is a tool, and like all tools may be used for good
> or bad" common sense that most people seem to lack. That current page,
> still useful could be moved off to "About VNC" and "News" pages.
>
> Ernie
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