[wellylug] Use caution with 'free' software...

John Fouhy john at fouhy.net
Thu Sep 27 15:27:44 NZST 2007


>From the latest Consumer, in an article on EULAs (I think this is
available online only):

"""
Use caution with 'free' software. It is rarely free. There's often a
trade-off in advertising, access to personal information or use of
your computer's resources. For example, peer-to-peer (P2P) file
sharing programs use your computer to send information across the web
which may leave it vulnerable to viruses, software flaws and trojans
(malicious programs hiding in benign applications).
"""

-- 
John.
[in an iCafe with no time to write a long email]




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