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YemuZip does NOT phone home - Version: 2.2.3, 10/2/2008 12:02PM PST
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Jay Teo
I have responded to zunipus comment below but I feel I need to make this note more prominent.
YemuZip does NOT phone home, nor does any of our other apps. All it does is check for updates. And the option to automatically check for updates can easily be turned off. There is a checkbox for it in the preferences window.
We are a small developer and misinformation like this can really hurt us. Users really should double-check such claims and contact the developers for answers before posting them.
Thanks for reading.
-Jay Teo
YellowMug.com
YemuZip does NOT phone home, nor does any of our other apps. All it does is check for updates. And the option to automatically check for updates can easily be turned off. There is a checkbox for it in the preferences window.
We are a small developer and misinformation like this can really hurt us. Users really should double-check such claims and contact the developers for answers before posting them.
Thanks for reading.
-Jay Teo
YellowMug.com
Phones Home :-( - Version: 2.2.3, 8/14/2008 04:52AM PST
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zunipus
This is a great little freeware app. Except:
YemuZip phones home. It's not phoning home to check for new versions. There is no preference option for version checking. So what is it doing? I have to guess that it is gathering ads to toss into the application, which is only fair. But nowhere are you warned about this behavior. That clearly indicates danger.
Phoning home without warning you is 100% unacceptable. I caught it thanks to Little Snitch, which I have running 24/7 as my 'reverse' firewall. I turned off all net connection privileges for YemuZip and will keep it that way until such time as I trust the application.
Rant:
The problem with a program phoning home is that it potentially may be sending anything it can access on your computer and could be receiving anything back again. In the worst case, this is how zombie bot infection programs work, as made infamous on Windows PCs. The most famous example is the bot net DDOS attack on servers all over the country of Georgia both before and during Russia's invasion in August 2008, coordinated by bot herders within Russia.
:-P
YemuZip phones home. It's not phoning home to check for new versions. There is no preference option for version checking. So what is it doing? I have to guess that it is gathering ads to toss into the application, which is only fair. But nowhere are you warned about this behavior. That clearly indicates danger.
Phoning home without warning you is 100% unacceptable. I caught it thanks to Little Snitch, which I have running 24/7 as my 'reverse' firewall. I turned off all net connection privileges for YemuZip and will keep it that way until such time as I trust the application.
Rant:
The problem with a program phoning home is that it potentially may be sending anything it can access on your computer and could be receiving anything back again. In the worst case, this is how zombie bot infection programs work, as made infamous on Windows PCs. The most famous example is the bot net DDOS attack on servers all over the country of Georgia both before and during Russia's invasion in August 2008, coordinated by bot herders within Russia.
:-P
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- No, it does NOT!
What would make it better is having it available as a contextual menu when I right-click on a file or folder, and automatically quitting when done.
Otherwise, a great product for a more than reasonable price.