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What's being sent
Here is what iTunes is sending when I click on "One Week" by BNL:
What's being sent
Looking at tcpdump output, there is clearly a cookie being sent (there is text saying "cookie" that is sent after the music info). So, no, it's not as simple as you suggest.
What's being sent
Oh, and this:
What's being sent
Just because something is free, then it's right to monitor the user use of the thr product. WITHOUT telliing the user. So you don't mind how Sony his how it's DRM music CD's installed and modified the OS or computers.
Sony's DRM fiasco is NOT comparable
Sony's CDs weren't free, and they affected the entire computer. iTunes is free, and the ministore, which can be easily turned off, only affects iTunes itself and reports only on activities occuring within iTunes.
What's being sent
Since when has Bare Naked Ladies been punk?
What's being sent.. is sent in plaintext
I don't agree that this counts a "spyware" because it is not watching anything *else* I'm doing.That's not related to most definitions of spyware, I would say for good reason. It's still sending your information to a remote entity without your knowledge or consent. The fact that that information is then used to fuel spam aimed at you is also not part of the definition of spyware, but certainly consistent with most common types of it. It's also important to note that the string that was so readily visible to you is also visible to anyone with access to your network, or any part of the internet logically between you and Apple. I would imagine that the RIAA would find it worthwhile to pay off ISPs for access to these records, in order to search for any activity that they would deem suspicious. Apple's indiscretion has made it possible for your ISP (or your ISP's ISP, or Apple's ISP) to choose to accept money in exchange for divulging information about you that Apple wrongly exposed. |
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