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  #11 (permalink)  
Old May 25th, 2001
Novicius
 
Join Date: May 25th, 2001
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Wonko is flying high
Angry Argh

People, if you want this forum to have at least some air of credibility, don't post obvious bullshit...

BearShare does have some serious shortcomings, and I don't like the idea of moderation either (Which is why I'm here), but come on...
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Old May 25th, 2001
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Vinnie is flying high
Default Moderation

In response to user feedback, I've come up with a scheme where posts (hopefully) wont have to be deleted, only moved to the proper forum.

This will be unveiled at the new bearshare.net, coming soon

Wonko summed it up best, people are postng obvious bullshit and it is for this reason that I am reacting.
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Old May 26th, 2001
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Default You don't get it

Quote:
Originally posted by Vinnie
Wonko summed it up best, people are postng obvious bullshit and it is for this reason that I am reacting.
That's the problem, YOU DON'T GET IT!

People are posting their actual concerns, you don't address the problem, try to blow it off, and thus you get more rant than you can handle.

1. You can fix the cookie problem, it only shows up in bearshare return packets, nothing comes from limewhere or gnuc, so GET THIS THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL - THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH BEARSHARE!!!

2. I repeat so you might get it, its a BEARSHARE PROBLEM.

3. Again, ITS A PROBLEM IN BEARSHARE!

How can you fix it?

Only share from the folder bearshare is in unless the user specifically asks for another folder, then WARN THEM! After that it's not your problem.

Now come on Vinnie, you are suposedly a brilliant guy, didn't you think of that, or were you just lazy?

Stop acting like you can't solve this problem and go fix it!

YOU ARE PISSING ME OFF NO END!

On one hand you seem like a smart guy, then you do really stupid things. PICK ONE!

DAMN!

(no wonder no one likes you)
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Old November 17th, 2001
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Default Re: SECURITY WARNING! Your name is shown in Bearshare!

Quote:
Originally posted by Watcher
Vinnie, the God and dictator of Gnutella loves his program name so much he made a secret little keyword that seems to bypass all sorts of safeguards. What's the keyword?

"bearshare"

That was hard to figure out wasn't it?

Go ahead, try it. Search for bearshare and you will find stuff like I did! I didn't use bearshare to get these search results, it may block them.

Filename: brianna@bearshare[1].txt
Contents:
LastVisitCookie
143145399
bearshare.net/
0
620126208
29536452
2238848912
29416453
*

So now I just connect the IP with all her MP3 files and I have more proof for a lawsuit. Just think if poor brianna had used her last name!

Go ahead, search for "bearshare bossname" (bossname is your boss' name, or your spouse or whatever) let us know what shows up! I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THIS GOES!

Vinnie doesn't care about your privacy, it's taken major pressure to get him to get rid his spyware and he continues to use a browser tie in (to IE of all the stupid ideas, no way to turn it off, forced - controlling what you do) and who knows what cookies are getting out over the net.

Do we know what else bearshare does without your knowledge? Do you trust your privacy to a guy who wants to rule the whole Gnutella Net?

Vinnie now says he's going to delete any messages he doesn't like from his forum. So this privacy information wouldn't get out to most of his users. Talk about a control freak! Why does it take so much pressure to get just a few changes from this guy? Why is he so worried about messages asking to make his software more privacy concerned?

BECAUSE HE CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING WITHOUT HIS SPYWARE!

Here's another one I found:
Filename: home office@nude-***************[1].txt
Contents:
Apache
tuc125.dakotacom.net.65052985977479297
nude-***************.net/
0
3046415744
29407761
4290580608
29407552
*

So now we know where this guy has been, so he likes nude britney spears. But what if it was "gay-naked-guys-doing-it.net" ? And what if the IP was this guys work? Could he lose his job over this? YOU BET!!! (and don't think it doesn't happen, even in secret) I have a date code, IP and a DNS name for his port, what else do I need?

BEARSHARE IS SPYWARE!

I could go on and on, these files are all over the place!

This attitude of BearShare's author sucks and isn't going to change. The only way out is to stop using it and hope he goes away and gets a job somewhere that has nothing to do with the net.

You would think by now people would stop using closed source software like this when it comes to network connections. Your privacy is more important that you think.

Most people don't get it till something bad happens. People run firewalls to protect their computer, the firewall ain't working if you told it that BearShare is OK to transmit packets!

What if I could get your e-mail password? Could I send mail to your boss or lover/spouse and screw up your life? And why would some net kiddie not want to do this just as a "joke"? Thinking it was fun?

Yes, Vinnie will say he fixed this after a lot of pressure, but who knows if he just changed the keyword or encrypted it! He wants access to anything he can get, he wants to control everything he touches, he dreams of being a dictator! Control, control, control!

Run Open Source software only!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! STOP THE BEAR!

(post this everywhere!)

I just like to take a moment and remember the stupid people..
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Old November 18th, 2001
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It's funny that the person that made this post along time ago didn't realize that they showed a cookie for someone who went to some britney spears porn website. Hah, they probably don't even know what cookies are.
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Old November 18th, 2001
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Quote:
Originally posted by Unregistered
It's funny that the person that made this post along time ago didn't realize that they showed a cookie for someone who went to some britney spears porn website. Hah, they probably don't even know what cookies are.
I like cookies
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Old November 18th, 2001
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Default You are *****!

Whinging tossers!
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Old November 22nd, 2001
Novicius
 
Join Date: November 8th, 2001
Location: on an island in the med
Posts: 3
xoric is flying high
Cool "Upmarket" LimeWire???

First post here for me.
Throughout the forums in Bearshare and Limewire there are numerous posts slagging off Bearshare and singing the praises of Limewire. I have to say that I've read nearly all of the posts in Bearshare and I haven't yet come across any references to "newbie slime". The stupidity of anyone who is not able to remember when they were a "newbie" is beyond comprehension... How does this person actually manage to type text? Delightful.

Notices to "protect" users so that they don't enable sharing of every file on their computer? Great idea! But, I think that should follow the much higher priority of installing air-bags on their keyboards in case they have a crash. Gimme a break!

The mentality that allows the attacks on "newbie slime" is a fundamental cause of many of the problems that new users encounter... Simply because they are fearful of asking their questions if it is probably going to result in flaming. None of this is a new thought or revelation!

Re: the cookies

Unless I've got this totally wrong, AnalogX's CookieWall is doing a very nice job for me, as is AnalogX's POW!
Maybe there are cookies getting through... Some say yes to that, but I haven't seen one intelligent word to prove it.

Anyway, cool it with the attacks on newbies, hmmm?
By now, I'm sure we'd all love to see some videos of unregistered falling on his *** while trying to learn how to ride a bike. Could make a number one video to share!!!

Cheers to Morgwen if he's lurking...

xoric
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Old November 22nd, 2001
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Cheers!

Morgwen
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Old December 6th, 2001
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Lightbulb

You don't have to be a newbie to realize that p2p file sharing involves you seeing someone elses files. LOGIC dictates that if you can see their stuff, they MAY be able to see yours.

With all the concerns about privacy, viruses, copyright infringement, lawsuits, etc. anyone with common sense will learn more about what they are installing on their PC, either from websites or from friends who have tried it.

All you need to do is take a look at the shared directories option in your particular p2p software and make sure that your shared directory (and its subdirectories) contain nothing confidential or illegal.

If the user is not bright enough to figure out that sharing C:\ is probably not a good idea, then I'm amazed that they managed to figure out how to run a computer in the first place.

Don't blame the programmer for a user's lack of judgment.
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