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One of Most Popular Mac Apps Is Spyware



 
 
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Old September 8th 18, 06:21 AM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server, alt.os.linux, comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Fritz Wuehler[_21_]
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Default One of Most Popular Mac Apps Is Spyware

The researchers found that Adware Doctor collects data about its users, particularly browsing history and a list of other software and processes running on a machine, stores that data in a locked file, and periodically sends it out to a server that appears to be located in China.

https://www.wired.com/story/adware-doctor-mac-app-store-spyware/

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Old September 8th 18, 08:12 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-10
azigni
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Default One of Most Popular Mac Apps Is Spyware

On 9/7/18 11:21 PM, Fritz Wuehler wrote:
The researchers found that Adware Doctor collects data about its users, particularly browsing history and a list of other software and processes running on a machine, stores that data in a locked file, and periodically sends it out to a server that appears to be located in China.

https://www.wired.com/story/adware-doctor-mac-app-store-spyware/

Kind of hard to block sites users go to without knowing what those sites
are....
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Old September 8th 18, 10:49 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-10
William Unruh
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Default One of Most Popular Mac Apps Is Spyware

On 2018-09-08, azigni wrote:
On 9/7/18 11:21 PM, Fritz Wuehler wrote:
The researchers found that Adware Doctor collects data about its users, particularly browsing history and a list of other software and processes running on a machine, stores that data in a locked file, and periodically sends it out to a server that appears to be located in China.

https://www.wired.com/story/adware-doctor-mac-app-store-spyware/

Kind of hard to block sites users go to without knowing what those sites
are....



Why would you block it? Just remove the program!
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Old September 9th 18, 05:48 AM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-10
azigni
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Default One of Most Popular Mac Apps Is Spyware

On 9/8/18 3:49 PM, William Unruh wrote:
On 2018-09-08, azigni wrote:
On 9/7/18 11:21 PM, Fritz Wuehler wrote:
The researchers found that Adware Doctor collects data about its users, particularly browsing history and a list of other software and processes running on a machine, stores that data in a locked file, and periodically sends it out to a server that appears to be located in China.

https://www.wired.com/story/adware-doctor-mac-app-store-spyware/

Kind of hard to block sites users go to without knowing what those sites
are....



Why would you block it? Just remove the program!

Not block the program, my bad.

I imagine, there is a trigger in the software where inefficient ad
blocking has taken place that is saved in the file. Without this
information, collected from the user, the ad blocking product would be
overwhelmed by changes in ad presentation and rendered useless.
 




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