[Lt Major Burns]

Originally Posted by MisterMe

Words have definitions. Registration utilities and automatic update checkers do not fit the definition of spyware--neither in semantics nor in spirit. Real spyware is a real threat. By devoting resources to combatting imaginary threats, you reduce your defenses against real threats.

my point is not whether or not there are threatening spyware threats out there, just that it's not impossible. if programs can legitimately phone home without my asking, whats to stop an illiegitimate app phoning home?

also, you can set up little snitch to remember which programs you trust (ie all the programs you use) so that really should only show it's face if something new is doing something you might not want