<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Is Digsby an Adware ?</title> <atom:link href="http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html</link> <description>Know your technology head on</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 00:41:35 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com"/><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://superfeedr.com/hubbub"/><xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>By: Bob</title><link>http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html/comment-page-1#comment-110445</link> <dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:42:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://techie-buzz.com/?p=3393#comment-110445</guid> <description>The program itself sounds like spyware. Where else would you enter all your usernames and passwords all in one convenient spot on a webpage or in a web-enabled program? Maybe a criminal or the government can create such a product. Would you like all your email read by unknown third parties? Anyone who uses a digsby like program is only asking for trouble with your privacy. </description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The program itself sounds like spyware. Where else would you enter all your usernames and passwords all in one convenient spot on a webpage or in a web-enabled program? Maybe a criminal or the government can create such a product. Would you like all your email read by unknown third parties? Anyone who uses a digsby like program is only asking for trouble with your privacy.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jman</title><link>http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html/comment-page-1#comment-45738</link> <dc:creator>Jman</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:06:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://techie-buzz.com/?p=3393#comment-45738</guid> <description>Pigdin is not as good as Digsby. Why not just try Digsby before suggesting a weaker program is better.I have had no problems with Digsby. Trillian is the only thing that matches Digsby&#039;s features. The only difference is Digsby is free.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pigdin is not as good as Digsby. Why not just try Digsby before suggesting a weaker program is better.</p><p>I have had no problems with Digsby. Trillian is the only thing that matches Digsby&#8217;s features. The only difference is Digsby is free.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: W.R. Isaacs</title><link>http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html/comment-page-1#comment-34960</link> <dc:creator>W.R. Isaacs</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:26:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://techie-buzz.com/?p=3393#comment-34960</guid> <description>&quot;Hey geniusâ€¦&quot; ?  What an offensive and gratuitous affront.  You are wrong if you think that a comment in a beta release blog is being &quot;explicit&quot;. In order to be &quot;explicit&quot;, they must put full warnings in the install link, prior to the third-party executable ever being launched.  Nobody wants adware, or hidden registry IDs on their machine.  Any company that installs such things without plain notification, is doing something dishonest. &quot;Iâ€™d expect a bit more professionality from a blogger.&quot; ha!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Hey geniusâ€¦&#8221; ?  What an offensive and gratuitous affront.  You are wrong if you think that a comment in a beta release blog is being &#8220;explicit&#8221;.<br /> In order to be &#8220;explicit&#8221;, they must put full warnings in the install link, prior to the third-party executable ever being launched.  Nobody wants adware, or hidden registry IDs on their machine.  Any company that installs such things without plain notification, is doing something dishonest.<br /> &#8220;Iâ€™d expect a bit more professionality from a blogger.&#8221;<br /> ha!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Gerard</title><link>http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html/comment-page-1#comment-33986</link> <dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:01:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://techie-buzz.com/?p=3393#comment-33986</guid> <description>I would stay away from &quot;freebies&quot; that are tied up with adware. There is a bunch of applications out there that don&#039;t carry pests with them.Ignoring the unfortunate comment given by the first poster, I must say that computer security is generally ignored by the majority of Internet users, which explains why the Internet is so loaded with trash.Good info about CS given in the following:http://www.malwarehelp.org/ http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would stay away from &#8220;freebies&#8221; that are tied up with adware. There is a bunch of applications out there that don&#8217;t carry pests with them.</p><p>Ignoring the unfortunate comment given by the first poster, I must say that computer security is generally ignored by the majority of Internet users, which explains why the Internet is so loaded with trash.</p><p>Good info about CS given in the following:</p><p><a href="http://www.malwarehelp.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.malwarehelp.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm" rel="nofollow">http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: goober</title><link>http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html/comment-page-1#comment-33353</link> <dc:creator>goober</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:57:06 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://techie-buzz.com/?p=3393#comment-33353</guid> <description>I came this close ==&gt;&lt;== to downloading the application.  I&#039;m glad I researched first and found this page.  I&#039;m currently using a paid for version of Trillian (so i can view a more extensive history) and think I will stick with it for now.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I came this close ==&gt;&lt;== to downloading the application.  I&#8217;m glad I researched first and found this page.  I&#8217;m currently using a paid for version of Trillian (so i can view a more extensive history) and think I will stick with it for now.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: eatit</title><link>http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html/comment-page-1#comment-33008</link> <dc:creator>eatit</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:09:12 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://techie-buzz.com/?p=3393#comment-33008</guid> <description>to Srinidhi Venkatesh:Point #1: You immediately lose all credibility in an argument whipping out an ancient insult opener like &quot;Hey genius&quot;. What is this? Sweet Valley High? Saved By The Bell? &quot;Get Real&quot; manPoint#2: Blogger and professionality are not synonymous. Mostly because &quot;professionality&quot; isn&#039;t a word but nothing about blogging implies &quot;professionalism&quot; as any jackass with an internet connection can blog</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to Srinidhi Venkatesh:</p><p>Point #1: You immediately lose all credibility in an argument whipping out an ancient insult opener like &#8220;Hey genius&#8221;. What is this? Sweet Valley High? Saved By The Bell? &#8220;Get Real&#8221; man</p><p>Point#2: Blogger and professionality are not synonymous. Mostly because &#8220;professionality&#8221; isn&#8217;t a word but nothing about blogging implies &#8220;professionalism&#8221; as any jackass with an internet connection can blog</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Travis</title><link>http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html/comment-page-1#comment-32450</link> <dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:52:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://techie-buzz.com/?p=3393#comment-32450</guid> <description>Also:Clicking this Download button starts InstallIQâ„¢http://www.installadmin.com/InstallQ/installiq_learnmore_w.htmlHere&#039;s one highlight of InstallIQ: InstallIQâ„¢ also updates your registry with a unique installer id. The installer id allows us to recognize you on all our websites. For information on how to remove the registry entry click here.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also:</p><p>Clicking this Download button starts InstallIQâ„¢</p><p><a href="http://www.installadmin.com/InstallQ/installiq_learnmore_w.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.installadmin.com/InstallQ/installiq_learnmore_w.html</a></p><p>Here&#8217;s one highlight of InstallIQ:<br /> InstallIQâ„¢ also updates your registry with a unique installer id. The installer id allows us to recognize you on all our websites. For information on how to remove the registry entry click here.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Silki Garg</title><link>http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html/comment-page-1#comment-32264</link> <dc:creator>Silki Garg</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:26:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://techie-buzz.com/?p=3393#comment-32264</guid> <description>@Srinidhi: Thanks for taking time to comment and taking an opposite view.I know that they have already disclosed it in their blog and I have already mentioned in my post that it is upto the users to accept the offer or reject it.But, and I REPEAT it after having already said in the post, many of the Internet users are still ignorant and naive enough to care for what is written in the EULAs, (license Agreements). Before clicking on a hyperlink, they do not care for knowing where this will lead them to.Srinidhi, you may be digging far to deep to the archives of their blog to find a post about the disclosure, but it still remains a fact that most of the people, who might have downloaded Digsby, may not have cared to go that deep to read everything there.Remember, we are addressing a large audience and not a few &quot;informed&quot; geeks.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Srinidhi: Thanks for taking time to comment and taking an opposite view.</p><p>I know that they have already disclosed it in their blog and I have already mentioned in my post that it is upto the users to accept the offer or reject it.</p><p>But, and I REPEAT it after having already said in the post, many of the Internet users are still ignorant and naive enough to care for what is written in the EULAs, (license Agreements). Before clicking on a hyperlink, they do not care for knowing where this will lead them to.</p><p>Srinidhi, you may be digging far to deep to the archives of their blog to find a post about the disclosure, but it still remains a fact that most of the people, who might have downloaded Digsby, may not have cared to go that deep to read everything there.</p><p>Remember, we are addressing a large audience and not a few &#8220;informed&#8221; geeks.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Fix Digsby excess CPU / memory usage</title><link>http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html/comment-page-1#comment-32242</link> <dc:creator>Fix Digsby excess CPU / memory usage</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:03:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://techie-buzz.com/?p=3393#comment-32242</guid> <description>[...] now has an option checked by default - &#8220;Help Digsby do research&#8221; (as noted by TechieBuzz). This is similar to the Folding@Home program which uses wasted CPU cycles on thousands of [...]</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] now has an option checked by default &#8211; &#8220;Help Digsby do research&#8221; (as noted by TechieBuzz). This is similar to the Folding@Home program which uses wasted CPU cycles on thousands of [...]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: michael</title><link>http://techie-buzz.com/im-tools/is-digsby-an-adware.html/comment-page-1#comment-32218</link> <dc:creator>michael</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:21:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://techie-buzz.com/?p=3393#comment-32218</guid> <description>download Pidgin... no spyware, good program.. many other multi-protocal IM software actually use it&#039;s library to implement the protocols.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>download Pidgin&#8230; no spyware, good program.. many other multi-protocal IM software actually use it&#8217;s library to implement the protocols.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>

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