Re: Theft Recovery: Useful Tool or SpyWare?
Re: Theft Recovery: Useful Tool or SpyWare?
- Subject: Re: Theft Recovery: Useful Tool or SpyWare?
- From: Brent Gulanowski <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:21:19 -0400
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:51:37 -0700, Scott Stevenson
<email@hidden> wrote:
> >> im thinking of making a nearly invisible background application that
> >> "phones home" to protect against theft. what it would do is send an
> >> email to a specified email address. it would send the ip address of
> >> the computer every time it starts up if it is connected to the
> >> internet.
> >
> > You have some interesting ideas about the various mechanisms that
> > could be used, but I think it's a moot point.
> >
> > I have no doubt that harm to your image as a software developer would
> > greatly outweigh any potential benefit from "regained" sales. I think
> > you'd see even more of a backlash from Mac users than those of other
> > platforms. Mac users *will* pay for good software that they trust.
> >
> > Don't take this the wrong way, but I wouldn't use (much less pay for)
> > any software that does what you describe here.
>
> So 30 seconds after I sent this, it became clear to me that you were
> talking about theft of the computer, not a piece of software you wrote.
>
Is that what this was about? hehe, oops!
Anyway, this is a waste of time isn't it? Ever heard of erase and
install? I know thieves are stupid but generally people don't want to
use a computer with your name as their account name. Sort of a
give-away.
Cheers,
--
Brent Gulanowski
http://www.boredastronaut.com
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