Realplayer and private info (Re: RealPlayer -- where can I get the latest?)
Look at <http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/11/06/1347228> for more
about realplayer and private info.
On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 11:06, Onno wrote:
> At 04:15 AM 12/15/99 -0500, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> >Onno <Onno@Willem.Alexanderschool.nl> writes:
> >
> >> Wasn't realplayer one of the -stupid idiots- to upload
> >> some stat (private info!) from you computer during
> >> install and/or while you're running the program ???
> >
> >Hmm. I dunno. I use it to play music and video. It's a program, so how
> >could a program be a stupid idiot?
>
> Well, the people behind realplayer are...
> My grammer isn't perfect :-(
>
> >And what sort of private info are you talking about anyways?
>
> At least some ID numbers but I don't know how many, wich one's
> and if other info is included... (MAC, CPUID, Win serials, etc)
>
> Regards,
>
> Onno
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