Firefox and Thunderbird phone home daily!

  • Thread starter Thread starter Carey Frisch [MVP]
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Conclusion: Foxfire = SPYWARE!
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Ok, let's see, the page on mozilla.com that explains the reasons
firefox may be connecting to the internet **all by itself**

1. It's connecting to 127.0.0.1, This is normal expected behavior.
2. It's updating live bookmarks. Delete them if this bothers you.
3. It's checking for updates. BFD
4. It's loading your home page. BFD
5. It's updating the anti phishing list. So turn it off if you're shy.
6. It's prefetching links with prefetch tags. BFD
7. It's updating live title bookmarks. BFD
8. It's updating it's list of blocked extentions. That's sort of
like an anti virus for the browser, but you can...turn it off it
it bothers you.
9. An extention YOU loaded is connecting.
10. YOU have a virus or malware connection.

The information your FUD spreading author worries about: ip
address, time you were using the software, and so on, is not SENT by
firefox. It's simply possible to infer it from the IP connection data
itself. By that "logic" CNN is spyware.

Conclusion? Carey Frisch == Chicken Little. Cluck, cluck.
 
Carey said:
All you open-sores fanatics, FYI!

Firefox and Thunderbird phone home daily
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2143

Conclusion: Foxfire = SPYWARE!
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Vista calls home to see if your hardware has changed. If so, you need to
let Vista call home again to activate or you have to pick up the phone
and call MS to activate. Neither Firefox nor Thunderbird call home for
these nefarious purposes.

I was recently lied to by MS again when I was offered WGA as "critical"
update when all it is is SPYWARE, just like Vista and XP are.

So, Carey, you shot yourself in your copied and pasted foot again but,
trust me, no one is surprised.

Alias
 
Mill said:
Alias is not going to like this information. He is very protective of his
Open Sores software.
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I have written no software, nor do I hold a patent for any. So, you are,
once again, lying as no "Open Sores" software is mine to protect.

Got any more lies you care to share? How about a few sexual fantasies
about sheep that you and Frank are so fond of?

Alias
 
:: Alias :: said:
I was recently lied to by MS again when I was offered WGA as "critical"
update when all it is is SPYWARE, just like Vista and XP are....
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So MS caught you stealing huh?
Figures!
 
I have written no software, nor do I hold a patent for any.
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So who said you did? Reading comprehension problems...again!

So, you are,
once again, lying as no "Open Sores" software is mine to protect.

Got any more lies you care to share? How about a few sexual fantasies
about sheep that you and Frank are so fond of?
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hehehe...what's wrong sheep-fukker, did your favorite sheep turn you
down last night?...LOL!
Stupid POS loser!
 
:: Alias :: said:
Vista calls home to see if your hardware has changed. If so, you need to
let Vista call home again to activate or you have to pick up the phone and
call MS to activate. Neither Firefox nor Thunderbird call home for these
nefarious purposes.

I was recently lied to by MS again when I was offered WGA as "critical"
update when all it is is SPYWARE, just like Vista and XP are.

So, Carey, you shot yourself in your copied and pasted foot again but,
trust me, no one is surprised.

Alias
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You can hardly pay attention, let alone pay for a copy of Vista. Now go
peddle Ubuntu to some poor saps who don't know any better
 
xfile said:
Not a fanatic of any kind. The following link is provided for reference
and since you're a self-claimed "Vista enthusiast", I doubt you would
bother to read :)
Firefox makes unrequested connections:

http://support.mozilla.com/fr/kb/Firefox+makes+unrequested+connections




I don't care what the reasons are. If I want to connect to another IP
address I'll initiate the action myself. What I do on my computer and
which programs I use are my business.
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The correct way to do this is to inform the user, prior to installing
the product, that the product will "phone home" on occasion. The user should
be given an easy way to disable this feature during the installation
process. Anything else is spyware, pure and simple.

If you wish to be an apologist for their actions that's your
prerogative.

C.B.
 
The correct way to do this is to inform the user, prior to installing
the product, that the product will "phone home" on occasion.
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I agree and that applies to all products including hidden auto-launch
components/services.
If you wish to be an apologist for their actions that's your
prerogative.
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I assumed that was to me? Please do not put me into the same category as
yours for falling in love with any product, software, or company.

The link is provided, as stated, for reference and I made no statement on
whether it's correct or incorrect. I am a technology believer and
practitioner but not a manic.
 
:: Alias :: said:
Vista calls home to see if your hardware has changed. If so, you need to
let Vista call home again to activate or you have to pick up the phone
and call MS to activate. Neither Firefox nor Thunderbird call home for
these nefarious purposes.

I was recently lied to by MS again when I was offered WGA as "critical"
update when all it is is SPYWARE, just like Vista and XP are.

So, Carey, you shot yourself in your copied and pasted foot again but,
trust me, no one is surprised.

Alias
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I wish he would have his foot in his mouth the next time he shoots
himself in the foot again!

--
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free speech rights under the First Amendment and is a cornerstone of the
creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of this country. Consumer
rights in the digital age are not frivolous."
- Maura Corbett
 
C.B. said:
The correct way to do this is to inform the user, prior to
installing the product, that the product will "phone home" on occasion.
The user should be given an easy way to disable this feature during the
installation process. Anything else is spyware, pure and simple.

If you wish to be an apologist for their actions that's your
prerogative.

C.B.
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By your above definition CB, just about all MS software is spyware then.


--
"Fair use is not merely a nice concept--it is a federal law based on
free speech rights under the First Amendment and is a cornerstone of the
creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of this country. Consumer
rights in the digital age are not frivolous."
- Maura Corbett
 
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