More on Juno going DC...

[LeBlatt]

In Yahoo News :


Juno quietly posted a new agreement for subscribers of its free Internet service. Those customers must allow the downloading of software that would perform computational tasks unrelated to Internet connection. They must also agree to leave their computers on all the time if asked. The software would replace the screensaver, and people would not be able to uninstall or tamper with it. Furthermore, under the terms of the agreement, Juno would have the right to "initiate a telephone connection from your computer to Juno's central computers."


Shamelessly ripped from [H]ardOCP...
[edit]why is my text black ? doh ! new tags ! [/edit]

 

[crYnOid]

ahh...... i can see it now. 🙂

Customer: About 20 minutes after i connect to the internet my computer crashes. why is that?
Juno Support: Well your computer is probably overheating because of poor cooling.
etc

That could cause many problems. I would like to know what they will be using those free cpu cycles for tho.

This quote is about right.


<< Still, Richard Smith, chief technology officer of the Privacy Foundation, is concerned that the software Juno installs on customers' computers might make their machines less reliable, causing them to slow or crash. Juno said it is designing the software so that it doesn't interfere with home machines. >>


how can it not???

Juno is a free isp for people who don't have, or want to spend the money on better internet access. So i would guess that many people would have relativly slow and low cost pc's. Many low cost pc's are low cost because they use cheap parts, and in many cases have cut corners (like cooling etc). That would only cause problems for their end users who don't know any better🙁.

It is IMO that this type of DC should be done by people who know what they are doing, and know what their equipment can do.

[OT] The movie &quot;Children Of The Corn 2 - Final Sacrifice&quot; really sucks![/OT]

Edit: More thoughts (if you can call them that 🙂)

Juno will also consider your computer one of their assets, in exchange for their internet access. There is no way in hell someone would get hold of my pc:|:disgust: