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Re: The AOL Spyware


From: mikael.olsson () ENTERNET SE (Mikael Olsson)
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 05:21:33 +0200


Maxime Rousseau wrote:

[snip]
SmartDownload software secretly monitors all .exe and .zip
files that are downloaded. Downloaded file info is fed back to Netscape
along with an identifying cookie that sits in the Navigator browser. "

Ehhh.. sounds a bit redundant. Since smartdownloads come from
the netscape web site, isn't it easier for netscape to just look
at their web server logs?

(Or am I missing something here?!?!)

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