Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751033AbWEQA6M (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 20:58:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751035AbWEQA6L (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 20:58:11 -0400 Received: from mail10.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.191]:25003 "EHLO mail10.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751028AbWEQA6K (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 20:58:10 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17514.29957.186767.679657@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 10:57:41 +1000 From: Peter Chubb To: Ingo Oeser Cc: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" , "Marc Perkel" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Wiretapping Linux? In-Reply-To: <200605161909.47110.ioe-lkml@rameria.de> References: <4469D296.8060908@perkel.com> <200605161909.47110.ioe-lkml@rameria.de> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 17) "Jumbo Shrimp" XEmacs Lucid Comments: Hyperbole mail buttons accepted, v04.18. X-Face: GgFg(Z>fx((4\32hvXq<)|jndSniCH~~$D)Ka:P@e@JR1P%Vr}EwUdfwf-4j\rUs#JR{'h# !]])6%Jh~b$VA|ALhnpPiHu[-x~@<"@Iv&|%R)Fq[[,(&Z'O)Q)xCqe1\M[F8#9l8~}#u$S$Rm`S9% \'T@`:&8>Sb*c5d'=eDYI&GF`+t[LfDH="MP5rwOO]w>ALi7'=QJHz&y&C&TE_3j! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1044 Lines: 22 >>>>> "Ingo" == Ingo Oeser writes: Ingo> Hi, On Tuesday, 16. May 2006 17:05, linux-os (Dick Johnson) Ingo> wrote: >> It's hard to find Windows products that don't contain such >> spyware. As Linux becomes more prevalent on the desktop, you can >> expect to find such spyware there too. Ingo> Recent examples: - Update availability checkers (e.g. Adept). - Ingo> Installation routines of a certain distribution calling all a Ingo> predefined NTP server instead of pool.ntp.org on first start. For that matter, the Debian `popularity' package is spyware. But at least youi have the choice whether to install it or not. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/