Text 8627, 100 rader
Skriven 2005-12-04 13:02:46 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 8625 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Buried in Real's EULA for RealPlayer 10.5
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>


Number 6 is the one that got my attention.  A software product taking the
liberty to defeat the security I have on my computer.

At this point, it does not seem to affect Outpost's settings.  But something
like Norton's "firewall" or even ZoneAlarm, I'd be more suspicious.  (maybe
that's one of the reasons why Norton killed Sygate's firewall, it cannot be
controlled by applications...)

 /m

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 12:18:12 -0500, "Gary Britt"
<email@from_Gary_Britt.org> wrote:

>Number 6 is particularly troublesome.  Another reason to keep uPnp turned
>off on the router.
>
>Gary
>
>"Mike '/m'" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message
>news:pp56p15pbs5skqm44cil2islssb84iq5vt@4ax.com...
>>
>> ...6.  FIREWALL CONFIGURATION.  The Software configures certain firewall
>> applications such that the user is not alerted when the Software
>> requests or receives data necessary for playback of content over the UDP
>> protocol.
>>
>> 7.  AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATIONS FEATURES.
>>
>> a)  The Software consists of interactive Internet applications that
>> perform a variety of communications over the Internet as part of their
>> normal operation.  A number of communications features are automatic and
>> are enabled by default. By installing and/or using the Software, you
>> consent to the Software's communications features.  Once you log into
>> the Software, user information including your user id will be sent in
>> communications with RN's servers. This information is used to access
>> your regular account, premium content, non-premium content, services,
>> features, and other personalized services. RN may match the user id to
>> personally identifiable information in order to provide you with
>> products, services, and software that you're entitled to and to provide
>> you with relevant information. You are responsible for any
>> telecommunications or other connectivity charges incurred through use of
>> the Software.
>>
>> b)  Cookies: The Software also allows the use of cookies, similar to an
>> Internet browser.  This allows any website to set cookies for you when
>> you view any of the website's content through the Software, unless you
>> have disabled cookies. If you have disabled cookies, you may be asked to
>> login each time you access premium software features and services and
>> some Real services may not function properly. To learn more, visit the
>> RealNetworks Privacy Policy link on our website at
>> http://www.realnetworks.com/company/privacy/index.html.
>>
>> c)  AutoUpdate: The RealPlayer, using AutoUpdate, automatically
>> communicates with RN's servers on the Internet to check for updates to
>> RN's and RN partner's software, such as bug fixes, patches, enhanced
>> functions, missing plug-ins and new versions. AutoUpdate also has the
>> capability to run independently of RealPlayer to perform background
>> update checks. RN may download updates during the background checks,
>> when RealPlayer automatically communicates with RN's servers, when you
>> manually check for updates, or when RealPlayer detects a file it does
>> not support. AutoUpdate sends information about installed RealNetworks'
>> products and components to the servers to determine upgrade
>> availability. If you prefer to be notified when an auto-update is
>> performed, follow these steps: On the Tools menu, select Preferences,
>> AutoUpdate, and then de-select "Automatically download and install
>> software updates."
>>
>> d)  Message Center: The RealPlayer software, using Message Center,
>> automatically communicates with RN's servers to check for new important
>> messages, including software updates and service bulletins.  Message
>> Center can also run independently of RealPlayer to perform background
>> message checks. Message Center sends information about installed
>> RealNetworks' products and components to the servers to determine
>> relevant software update messages. Message Center is set by default to
>> check for messages once or twice a week and to display the headline
>> portion of such messages when they arrive.  You can change the way
>> Message Center displays messages and the frequency with which it checks
>> for new ones by following these steps: on the View menu, select 'Message
>> Center', then within Message Center, select 'Options', select
>> 'Preferences' and set your desired preferences. If you sign up for
>> message topics that necessitate a greater frequency than you previously
>> selected, your frequency setting may be adjusted to accommodate your
>> topic choices.
>>
>> e)  Secure Content Consumption: The RealPlayer client may be required to
>> send statistical data to servers regarding the consumption by an end
>> user of content secured using the digital rights management technology
>> contained in this Software to protect the integrity of the content
>> ("Secure Content"). This communication serves to enable the content
>> provider to calculate usage-based royalty amounts needing to be paid to
>> owners of such Secure Content ("Secure Content Owners").
>>
>>  /m
>

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