Revisionist History From RealNetworks 6
Quote from a RealNetworks spokesperson, in a
CNET article
on a RealServer vulnerability yesterday: "We never invaded anyone's privacy.... We never kept track of what music people were listening to or kept track of individuals." Quote from
New York Times article
last November: "RealNetworks' popular RealJukebox software for playing CD's on computers surreptitiously monitors the listening habits and certain other activities of people who use it and continually reports this information, along with the user's identity, to RealNetworks, said a security expert.... In interviews last week, company officials acknowledged that RealJukebox ... gathers information on what music users are playing and recording." That's all. Just wanted to point that out.
Hmm... (Score:2)
Even though the explot was dubbed "realdie.exe", which implies the vulnerability was found on a windows server, Real is offering patches for all versions of their server line. Interesting. I guess it is true that you can write cross-platform bad code.
Is anyone else scared that they named the executable "rmserver"? Gotta make sure you don't put a space between the "m" and the "s", or bad things might happen. I can see it now:
$ su -# cd
# rm server
^C^C^C
D'Oh!
darren
Cthulhu for President! [cthulhu.org]
Re:Wait One Minute! (Score:2)
A few weeks ago (or so) the cyberpatrol thing came out. Pissed me off enough that I wrote to the media. Surprise surprise, the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) interviewed me and Matt Skala, largely as a result of my letter. We were on national TV, here in the great white north.
Your job, in order to make this relevant, is to carry the story beyon
That's all.
Wait One Minute! (Score:1)
Ahem...
Well, revisionism does rear its ugly head now and then but it doesn't really amount to much when the culprit is caught. What I want to know is how to make a stink about it. No offense, but a "by the way" type article posted in the backwaters of
"users" not in {"people", "individuals"} (Score:1)
[...]
RealJukebox
Isn't it obvious? "users" are neither "people" nor "individuals".
RealTrojan lives up to their name. BIG deal! (Score:2)
RealNetworks has been invading your privacy for years. About eight months ago (I'm guessing), they were caught recording your every move, as far as it related to RealWhatthefuckplayer. The day I heard that was the day I removed RealEverything from my computer, and the day that I started laughing at people who should have known better, but didn't.
They're a sleazy company, they produce a sleazy product, and they track you as well as they can. Can you even PRETEND to be surprised?
their spin looks really sick - needs a doctor (Score:3)
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