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[email protected]> posted on Thu, 16 Oct 2003
Bart Bailey wrote / skrev:
It seems to be listed as something that leaves tracks on your system
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http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=knowledgebase/dictionary/dict-usagetracks
Usage tracks link Dictionary
Does that link wrap or something?
I get an illegal addy alert on it.
Usage tracks are your fingerprints in your system. Whenever you visit a
page with your browser, or just open any file, that information is
stored deep inside Windows. In most cases that is very useful – if you
want to open that file again, you can select it from a list instead of
typing the whole filename or browsing the whole directory structure again.
But why would a mail screening app need to archive its activities?
Just audit the queue, apply filtration, and quit, no?
But in some cases you may want to hide your activity, because spyware
and internet attackers may use that information. Spybot-Search&Destroy
can remove some of the most important and common tracks on your system.
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In mail screening functions, I would think privacy to be desired.
Since it is open source software you can of course check the code for
yourself for any malicious stuff.
Were I a coder, sure, but I'm not, and therefore tend to pay more
attention to the analytical observations of others, like the Spybot S&D
folk.
FWIW: Most virii ever published in the zines are accompanied by their
source, and many are source only, so that's no guarantee of chastity.
Why it was added? I suppose it might
be that more people are using it?
That's how swen gained such notoriety wasn't it,
through abundance of victims?
At this point, I would be a bit reluctant to recommend such an
application until its security implications are clarified.
