Morpheus Article Linked on Slashdot

[FOBSIDE]

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-864086.html

what did you guys think of this? i dont use the program but thats pretty darn devious. i wouldnt want any of my software doing this.

 

[TheCorm]

Is a bit of non-personal information like this not worth exchanging for all the hundreds of files you can download?

Besides, if what they are saying is true then it sounds like it doesn't do much more than most "website statistics"

Corm

 

[Nothinman]

It also says The company on Tuesday said it has begun installing a Web browser add-on that sends some Morpheus users on an invisible Web detour aimed at capturing data about file swappers' surfing habits. , which probably means it only affects IE users.

Anyway this is where all Windows programs are going, they do more behind your back than they do in functionality for you any more.

 

[TheVrolok]

<< It also says The company on Tuesday said it has begun installing a Web browser add-on that sends some Morpheus users on an invisible Web detour aimed at capturing data about file swappers' surfing habits. , which probably means it only affects IE users.

Anyway this is where all Windows programs are going, they do more behind your back than they do in functionality for you any more. >>



Exactly.