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What the hell is OpenCandy?
cmpm:
Windows Defender and Nod32 is picking them up too.
I just delete them as they come up.
wraith808:
A shame. He seemed committed to it not being adware at the time. But I guess everyone was right to be cynical about the application.
Josh:
ok here is my bet, I am putting my 100$ if anyone wants to bet on it.
I am %100$ sure that in 2 years OC will become an application that will try to install hidden stuff and spy on your download-installation activity. If anyone wants to bet I am accepting bets. Since we do not want to gamble lets keep the amount not more than 100$.
-kartal (May 17, 2009, 01:05 AM)
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* scancode puts $25 against Kartal-scancode (September 30, 2009, 05:03 PM)
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Looks like scannie owes kartal 25 bucks.
kartal:
ok here is my bet, I am putting my 100$ if anyone wants to bet on it.
I am %100$ sure that in 2 years OC will become an application that will try to install hidden stuff and spy on your download-installation activity. If anyone wants to bet I am accepting bets. Since we do not want to gamble lets keep the amount not more than 100$.
-kartal (May 17, 2009, 01:05 AM)
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* scancode puts $25 against Kartal
-scancode (September 30, 2009, 05:03 PM)
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Looks like scannie owes kartal 25 bucks.
-Josh (February 26, 2011, 10:04 AM)
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Hey guys thanks for the follow ups , I did not know that I won. On the otherhand I am not surprised about my future predictions. I have been trying to talk about certain privacy and security implications of various services and apps on these forums, I am hoping to broaden people`s perspective on these very very important issues
I will happilly donate my new income to graceful open source projects and donation coder projects.
cheers
wraith808:
ok here is my bet, I am putting my 100$ if anyone wants to bet on it.
I am %100$ sure that in 2 years OC will become an application that will try to install hidden stuff and spy on your download-installation activity. If anyone wants to bet I am accepting bets. Since we do not want to gamble lets keep the amount not more than 100$.
-kartal (May 17, 2009, 01:05 AM)
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* scancode puts $25 against Kartal-scancode (September 30, 2009, 05:03 PM)
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Looks like scannie owes kartal 25 bucks.
-Josh (February 26, 2011, 10:04 AM)
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That's not an accurate assessment. They do not try to install hidden stuff and spy on your download-installation activity. What they do is not provide an opt-in model, which is quite disappointing. But they are middle of the road rather than malignant in terms of installing hidden stuff.
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