Mac Spyware?
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Well...i don't think i am paranoid but privacy is a great concern to me.
I really hate receiving spam mails from porno sites, guys i have never heard before and many other stuff without giving them my email...
How do the got my email? there is a lot of tricks and one of them is using spyware.
Obviously, spyware is rampant on the dark side (winblows) but if you think there is no spyware in the mac side you are wrong.
There is no registered spyware on the mac but some software you use has it in its way; for example, i have heard of some apple stuff which collects some info (please don't ask which cause i don't remember) and some brands like ADOBE which collects your app registration in order to be sent to them WITHOUT YOUR PETTY PERMISSION... and i have detected some kind of spy stuff in underground apps (u know what i mean)
Will be real spyware on the Mac side someday? you bet...the only thing i hope is to count on a mac version of AD-AWARE to get rid of it.
Cheers.
I really hate receiving spam mails from porno sites, guys i have never heard before and many other stuff without giving them my email...
How do the got my email? there is a lot of tricks and one of them is using spyware.
Obviously, spyware is rampant on the dark side (winblows) but if you think there is no spyware in the mac side you are wrong.
There is no registered spyware on the mac but some software you use has it in its way; for example, i have heard of some apple stuff which collects some info (please don't ask which cause i don't remember) and some brands like ADOBE which collects your app registration in order to be sent to them WITHOUT YOUR PETTY PERMISSION... and i have detected some kind of spy stuff in underground apps (u know what i mean)
Will be real spyware on the Mac side someday? you bet...the only thing i hope is to count on a mac version of AD-AWARE to get rid of it.
Cheers.
ElDiabloConCaca
U.S.D.A. Prime
Unless there's someone out there willing to prove this, it's completely false. Adobe only sends registration information (NOT your serial number) back to Adobe... but only information you tell it to, such as your name, address, phone number, email and whatever other information you put into their form and sent to them. You can EASILY even opt out of this, too, as I do all the time, when a big screen pops up basically saying, "Hey, I'm sending this form that you filled out back to some obscure database at Adobe, and only this information, and I'm going to do it now if you press the "OK" button -- otherwise, I won't send a damn thing and I'll ask you again later, unless of course, you press this button here and banish this information and this window forever so you'll never be hassled to do this again."
It worked for me. With both PhotoShop and Illustrator.
Serial numbers and APPLICATION registration information (NOT the USER-inputted registration information) are kept confidential on your computer and are NOT sent over the internet to anyone.
rezba
simpleutilisateurpuissant
Right. There's no spyware installed by default. Some apps collects info, but they are now very aware of what they do with, because it enforces law.
about you're email, there's many way to get it, and the most common is not to go into your computer, but to get it in an official list or recipient, or better, to spy a mail relay.
Do you receive not a single mail letter ? This is very useful when you want to get tons of email to spam.
If you follow the first link I gave in my last post, you will probably find lot of apps and links to do that. Because, as they say : "to know a hacker, you gotta know the tools of a hacker".
about you're email, there's many way to get it, and the most common is not to go into your computer, but to get it in an official list or recipient, or better, to spy a mail relay.
Do you receive not a single mail letter ? This is very useful when you want to get tons of email to spam.
If you follow the first link I gave in my last post, you will probably find lot of apps and links to do that. Because, as they say : "to know a hacker, you gotta know the tools of a hacker".
ElDiabloConCaca
U.S.D.A. Prime
E-mail harvesting, which is what the action of collecting "good" email addresses is called, is sort of common, but not likely.
Most likely, and most commonly, people fill out their email address in certain forms on certain webpages, and forget to uncheck the box titled something to the effect of, "Check here to tell us that you DON'T want to receive unsolicited email from us," and then their email went on that company's list, and that list got sold to someone else... and someone else... until, eventually, you're getting email from companies you've never heard of, never contacted and would have no business contacting.
Just one... little... checkbox... can set off this chain reaction and succumb your email address to a life of spamming.
Most likely, and most commonly, people fill out their email address in certain forms on certain webpages, and forget to uncheck the box titled something to the effect of, "Check here to tell us that you DON'T want to receive unsolicited email from us," and then their email went on that company's list, and that list got sold to someone else... and someone else... until, eventually, you're getting email from companies you've never heard of, never contacted and would have no business contacting.
Just one... little... checkbox... can set off this chain reaction and succumb your email address to a life of spamming.
nkuvu
Gone
You can also check to see if you would ever want email from that website. For example, I have a Hotmail account that I use for trash. If I think I might want to see the email, I'll give my Hotmail account. If I know I would never want to see their email (but am required to enter something for some reason) I'll enter abuse@(whatever-domain-I'm-on).com. Works great. 
rezba
simpleutilisateurpuissant
ElDiablo's right. Who can says he's never forget to uncheck the box ?
The worst is that you need hours to erase your email from the "official spammer", and that you can't do anything against the others.
My emailpro has been harvested two years ago, due to a lack of security in my university, and I receive those kind of email almost twice a day...
The worst is that you need hours to erase your email from the "official spammer", and that you can't do anything against the others.
My emailpro has been harvested two years ago, due to a lack of security in my university, and I receive those kind of email almost twice a day...
ElDiabloConCaca
U.S.D.A. Prime
Originally posted by nkuvu
I'll enter abuse@(whatever-domain-I'm-on).com. Works great.
Oh, sweet... hehe... I never thought of that clever little trick! Hehe... I'll be using that in the future.
symphonix
Scratch & Sniff Committee
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's top 12 tips for privacy are a good place to start:
www.eff.org/Privacy/eff_privacy_top_12.html
Also, I suggest you take a look at GnuPG, an implementation of PGP for OS-X, you'll need a few bits to get it going well, such as a key manager and control panel. It integrates wonderfully with Mail.app. This is a must for personal, private or sensitive emails.
Keep your personal email address to yourself and your actual, real contacts. Don't use it in any forms or marketing surveys. Use a side address for forms when you need to. The iTools address seems to be very resistant to spam emails, and you can easily dump it if it ever does get bombarded with spam.
www.eff.org/Privacy/eff_privacy_top_12.html
Also, I suggest you take a look at GnuPG, an implementation of PGP for OS-X, you'll need a few bits to get it going well, such as a key manager and control panel. It integrates wonderfully with Mail.app. This is a must for personal, private or sensitive emails.
Keep your personal email address to yourself and your actual, real contacts. Don't use it in any forms or marketing surveys. Use a side address for forms when you need to. The iTools address seems to be very resistant to spam emails, and you can easily dump it if it ever does get bombarded with spam.
Putting your email address on a web page is also a bad idea because robots can harvest them from there. I get about thirty or so robots visit my sites each month. I don't like to give them anything.
I am with nkuvu. I have two emails - one for trash and entering into web forms, and my personal one which I only give to people verbally. I have no problems with spam on my main email (never received one), and I like it that way.
R.
I am with nkuvu. I have two emails - one for trash and entering into web forms, and my personal one which I only give to people verbally. I have no problems with spam on my main email (never received one), and I like it that way.
R.