*bearshare
 

Hey MP3!

Just letting You know that BS IS indeed spyware, or rather
the install package contains a stealth package (doesn't list
during install) called
Onflow (so BS isn't in itself SW but installs Spyware). The
Onflow "feature" has been confirmed by the BS author
himself but only after intense pressure
from various users responding negatively to the feature
after cathing the phoning home feature in various firewalls
(c'mon guys who can oppose to a little spyware ) The
BS author's proclaimed justification for his use of
Onflow was a lack of income from BS compaired to his
time spent developing it and thus he implemented Onflow
in exchange for $$$ from the company. The Onflow
"service" appears to be a "user-habbit-tracking" service
which logs
info about Your various surfing habbits for use in user
advertise targeting.

Nasty stuff ehh. What really offends me though is the
Author's original reluctance to admit to his use of the
service as well as the fact that he implemented the
"feature" in stealth mode and for instance didn't allow
people the choice to deselect it during install. Now, how a
person can have the ability to produce a highly usefull
app. like BS and still use such shady techniques really
escapes me, go figure.

Regards Wondog

Re: bearshare
 

This is old news and the latest version of BearShare gives you the option of not installing it.