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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.
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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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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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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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