http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/01/11/itunes-is-a-spyware-application/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/01/11/itunes-is-a-spyware-application/comment-page-1/#comment-2606 Mike Wills Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:11:24 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/01/11/itunes-is-a-spyware-application/#comment-2606 I could have told you immediatly that data is being sent to Apple. Why? How else does the music know what to display? Duh! I understand that there could be privacy issues, but my surpise is that the tech industry go all up in arms when this is the only way it CAN work. I am a bit annoyed over this last outrange about the iTMS. Are programmers that dumb or are these just the wanna-be geeks that really don't know how much of the internet works? <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> All I was waiting on is clarity from Apple on if they stored it or not. I do trust Apple (not blindly) so I am not worried. Besides, I wouldn't mind them giving me new suggestions for music. I could have told you immediatly that data is being sent to Apple. Why? How else does the music know what to display? Duh! I understand that there could be privacy issues, but my surpise is that the tech industry go all up in arms when this is the only way it CAN work. I am a bit annoyed over this last outrange about the iTMS. Are programmers that dumb or are these just the wanna-be geeks that really don’t know how much of the internet works?

All I was waiting on is clarity from Apple on if they stored it or not. I do trust Apple (not blindly) so I am not worried. Besides, I wouldn’t mind them giving me new suggestions for music.

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/01/11/itunes-is-a-spyware-application/comment-page-1/#comment-2605 GeekNews Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:09:46 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/01/11/itunes-is-a-spyware-application/#comment-2605 They messed up big time plain and simple. I am not the only one calling them out. I don't hate Apple it's funny that you say that it really is. Part of the reason is you cannot handle it when the are criticized justily They messed up big time plain and simple. I am not the only one calling them out. I don’t hate Apple it’s funny that you say that it really is. Part of the reason is you cannot handle it when the are criticized justily

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/01/11/itunes-is-a-spyware-application/comment-page-1/#comment-2604 Surfbits Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:03:06 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/01/11/itunes-is-a-spyware-application/#comment-2604 Todd, This is sort of like when I went to the Amazon and bought your book, Amazon then thought I wanted to buy everything else out there that was podcasting related... I do not think you minded them do that. But it was your book involved at Amazon and here is the one company you hate more then any other.. Apple. :-) Todd,
This is sort of like when I went to the Amazon and bought your book, Amazon then thought I wanted to buy everything else out there that was podcasting related… I do not think you minded them do that. But it was your book involved at Amazon and here is the one company you hate more then any other.. Apple.

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/01/11/itunes-is-a-spyware-application/comment-page-1/#comment-2603 Jimw Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:56:22 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/01/11/itunes-is-a-spyware-application/#comment-2603 If you simply disable the mini store (Edit: Hide Ministore, or just Shift-Command-M), then no data is transmitted. There you have it, you can go back to listening to iTunes paranoia free. If you simply disable the mini store (Edit: Hide Ministore, or just Shift-Command-M), then no data is transmitted. There you have it, you can go back to listening to iTunes paranoia free.

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/01/11/itunes-is-a-spyware-application/comment-page-1/#comment-2602 Paul Westbrook Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:40:59 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/01/11/itunes-is-a-spyware-application/#comment-2602 I did a little experimentation, and I found some interesteing things. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> 1) iTunes doesn't report on what you are listening to, but what the currently selected track is. 2) The servers that iTunes connects to are not Apple's. They appear to be some other company. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> I put the deails in this post: <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> <a href="http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2006/01/11/itunes_security_with_ministore" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2006/01/11/itunes_security_with_ministore" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2006/01/11/itunes_security_with_ministore</a></a> I did a little experimentation, and I found some interesteing things.

1) iTunes doesn’t report on what you are listening to, but what the currently selected track is.
2) The servers that iTunes connects to are not Apple’s. They appear to be some other company.

I put the deails in this post:

http://www.paulstimesink.com/post/2006/01/11/itunes_security_with_ministore

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