Dave Long
07-12-2002, 11:22 AM
I ran across this link at Mark's favorite linking place, Frictionless Insight (http://www.frictionlessinsight.com).
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,365073,00.asp
The download manager is apparently a form of spyware. Neat!
Just for completeness...here's a quote of interest...
However, CNET only monitors what files are downloaded and how they are used, in the aggregate, Broady said. "I don't know what the long-term applications are," he said. "A lot of companies are interested in how users use the demos and game video: when somebody downloads that did they (just) download it, or did they watch it?"
Broady said that even using Gamespot Complete, CNET's pay-for-view version of the Gamespot site, users could opt out of the Kontiki network at any time. When asked if the software allowed individual users to be tracked, he replied: "Of course you could, but we don't."
--Dave
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,365073,00.asp
The download manager is apparently a form of spyware. Neat!
Just for completeness...here's a quote of interest...
However, CNET only monitors what files are downloaded and how they are used, in the aggregate, Broady said. "I don't know what the long-term applications are," he said. "A lot of companies are interested in how users use the demos and game video: when somebody downloads that did they (just) download it, or did they watch it?"
Broady said that even using Gamespot Complete, CNET's pay-for-view version of the Gamespot site, users could opt out of the Kontiki network at any time. When asked if the software allowed individual users to be tracked, he replied: "Of course you could, but we don't."
--Dave