Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:58:26 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Google spyware on FreeBSD Web site? Message-ID: <201212042058.NAA15597@lariat.net> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgmZ7ohFREX6SoPGU-vPX6J3e=fz9q0zTu-B8ciou36dEQ@mail.g mail.com> References: <201212041900.MAA14107@lariat.net> <CAGBmCT4CGXAOH6dS6V0-gN_iMa5gqcF4M-7KJXZ3=YiqM_2jcA@mail.gmail.com> <8C4CD043-64B0-45F5-9E71-9CE0860E6097@langille.org> <CAOjFWZ4d4imxUOuKdLXFU-9hPj7vnQBCfM5LRdv2WgYwK7QtYQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBmCT7Wm=iNKiw=bn%2Bu4Z2ot%2BjQhAHA1d3foCKP=COLTihOVQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxgmZ7ohFREX6SoPGU-vPX6J3e=fz9q0zTu-B8ciou36dEQ@mail.gmail.com>
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At 01:13 PM 12/4/2012, Eitan Adler wrote: >GA is not "spyware". It may >have properties you dislike but it is not (a) software installed on >your computer (b) without notice (c) malicious. It does not matter whether the code is permanently installed on your computer (though Google's tracking cookies certainly are), because it is simply loaded again and again. There is no notice. As for malicious intent: YMMV, but I certainly do not trust any multi-billion dollar monopolistic corporation, and least of all Google, which has a long track record of anticompetitive and invasive practices. --Brett Glass
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