Re: Wiretapping Linux?

[Chase Venters]

On Tue, 16 May 2006, Ingo Oeser wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tuesday, 16. May 2006 17:05, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> > It's hard to find Windows products that don't contain
> > such spyware. As Linux becomes more prevalent on the
> > desktop, you can expect to find such spyware there
> > too.
>
> Recent examples:
> - Update availability checkers (e.g. Adept).
> - Installation routines of a certain distribution
>  calling all a predefined NTP server instead of pool.ntp.org on first start.
>
> The NTP variant is a clever idea with low traffic and tells
> you first usage and usage at all.

Granted, but in this sense, your cable modem is also spying on you, 
because your cable company can see that you're actively speaking DOCSIS to 
them.

There's a definite difference between merely knowing that a host is out 
there, versus knowing that host is listening to / downloading 
This-is-legally-protected-format-shifting-in-action-but-you-will-probably-sue-anyway.mp3 
because you've got a purpose-built agent running on its CPU.

> Regards
>
> Ingo Oeser

Thanks,
Chase

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