Dell rejects spyware charge

Dell rejects spyware charge
John Leyden, The Register 2005-07-15

Dell has rejected allegations that its PCs come pre-loaded with an intrusive application that spies on users' surfing habits. The equipment manufacturer said there was nothing untoward about My Way Search Assistant despite complaints from customers that the toolbar impares computer performance, changes browser settings and is difficult to remove.

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Dell rejects spyware charge 2005-07-15
Anonymous (1 replies)

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Dell's spin on the whole mess 2005-07-16
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Dell rejects spyware charge 2005-07-19
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Dell rejects spyware charge- READ THE EULA 2005-07-19
lazurs (4 replies)

Re: Dell rejects spyware charge- READ THE EULA 2005-07-20
demonx

Re: Dell rejects spyware charge- READ THE EULA 2005-07-20
Cd-MaN

Some of the data you say is collected makes sense (from a marketing point of view :) ), however others don't. I wouldn't mind contributing to a general statistic, however I refuse to take part in actions which result in profiling *my individual* behaviour (which results from collecting cookies, IP addresses, etc). One other question: why do you need an extra binary installed on *my* computer to acomplish these things? You could do this from *your* webserver, thus guaranteeing the fact that you receive data that I'm willing to give (and still get: IP, *your* cookies, country, browser, etc)

Just a technical guy

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