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What the hell is OpenCandy?
40hz:
I've even seen during the worst of their growing pains that severe detractors have said that the level of knowledge of what you've done seems to be absent.
-wraith808 (March 31, 2011, 01:54 PM)
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You completely lost me on that one. :huh: Could you maybe rephrase it? :)
wraith808:
I've even seen during the worst of their growing pains that severe detractors have said that the level of knowledge of what you've done seems to be absent.
-wraith808 (March 31, 2011, 01:54 PM)
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You completely lost me on that one. :huh: Could you maybe rephrase it? :)
-40hz (March 31, 2011, 03:13 PM)
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If it was tracking your actions, then subsequent actions would be based on that information. But several detractors have admitted that it doesn't seem to utilize or even *have* that knowledge, just based on observation. They might actually have it and not be using it- but that wouldn't seem to make sense either.
Stoic Joker:
So, The torches and pitchfork wielding villagers are incensed by the frankin-monsters insistence on playing possum?
wraith808:
So, The torches and pitchfork wielding villagers are incensed by the frankin-monsters insistence on playing possum?
-Stoic Joker (March 31, 2011, 03:47 PM)
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;D That's one way to put it...
Just a note- I really despise adware, spyware, and those that distribute it. But like a lot of other pejoratives, I think it's very likely that the effectiveness of labeling something as malware will be diluted if it's applied indiscriminately.
cmpm:
I'm sure there are quite a few entities interested in what is being installed and uninstalled, the time frames, and more.
Gathering a lot of that info would be useful to more then OC and it's developers and advertisers, I'm sure.
So if I install a program with OC's code in it, that info goes to OC and back to the developer and advertiser.
That's what it says it does on their site. Great for all 3 involved- http://www.opencandy.com/ -sign up.
Who else would be interested in that info? And pay for it.
But I really don't care, honestly.
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