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wreckedcarzz:
Interesting article but something else bothers me: is Wakoopa tool working on PC all of the time? Does it report loaded software continuously?

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PS. I wonder how many users have something like "crack.exe" in their stats :D
-fenixproductions (May 26, 2009, 05:34 PM)
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Yes, it runs and tracks constantly (unless you close it, of course). It uploads stats every couple hours to update your profile. I like it because it is interesting to see my work-to-play ratio (work being anything non-gaming, ex: Firefox, OpenOffice, Postbox, Visual Studio, etc) as well as being able to find new programs related to ones that I am using that may be better suited to what I need.

And you would be surprised at the number of keygens and cracks I have seen on profiles; Wakoopa even has a generic "Keygen" program page... not that you would find that on my stats.

(Interesting that the Keygen page has a download button... ;D)

Also, on a related note, Wakoopa Tracker for Linux came out last week. You can see it tracking Nautilus and GNOME Terminal, as well as some other things, if you look at my stats overview.

wraith808:
Yes, it runs and tracks constantly (unless you close it, of course). It uploads stats every couple hours to update your profile. I like it because it is interesting to see my work-to-play ratio (work being anything non-gaming, ex: Firefox, OpenOffice, Postbox, Visual Studio, etc) as well as being able to find new programs related to ones that I am using that may be better suited to what I need.
-wreckedcarzz (May 26, 2009, 08:18 PM)
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That's what I use it for also.  The fact that you're in control is one of the reasons it doesn't bother me.  Though what does bother me is the fact that there's no way to block someone from following you...

app103:
It's not spyware because

1. You have the option to install it or not. It does not sneak onto your computer or come bundled with anything.
2. You have the option to run it or not.
3. While running it, you have the option to allow it to track or not.
4. You have the option to not allow it to track web apps.
5. You can hide any data you don't want shown, any application you don't want anyone to know you are using.
6. You can hide your whole profile and keep it private, for your eyes only.
7. You can delete all your data from your account. (I exported my data and deleted it to start fresh, when I got a new pc)
8. You can delete your account, itself.

Though what does bother me is the fact that there's no way to block someone from following you...
-wraith808 (May 26, 2009, 08:34 PM)
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Are you aware that people can follow you without you knowing it (if your profile is public), just by subscribing to your RSS feeds? Even if you could block a user on the site, what would be the point if he could just grab your public feeds and follow you from a feed reader, rather than the dashboard?

Of course if you make your profile private, they can still follow you but there would be no point in it. They can't see your data and you have no public feeds.

wraith808:
Though what does bother me is the fact that there's no way to block someone from following you...
-wraith808 (May 26, 2009, 08:34 PM)
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Are you aware that people can follow you without you knowing it (if your profile is public), just by subscribing to your RSS feeds? Even if you could block a user on the site, what would be the point if he could just grab your public feeds and follow you from a feed reader, rather than the dashboard?

Of course if you make your profile private, they can still follow you but there would be no point in it. They can't see your data and you have no public feeds.
-app103 (May 30, 2009, 05:09 AM)
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They could password protect the RSS feed also.  I don't mind people following me, but there's been a strange occurrence of people from strange countries starting to follow me that makes me think that perhaps people are attempting to use it in ways not intended.  Perhaps if not password protect it, obscure it with a generated number rather than your username on the RSS feed.  There are options they could take... and twitter does it currently (at least the block following part) so IMO it's not too much to ask.

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