| The Anatomy of File Download Spyware
http://grc.com/downloaders.htm
What do the NetZip-descended file downloaders whisper when they think you are not listening?
As you will see on the page below, if you use the RealNetworks RealDownload, Netscape/AOL Smart Download, or NetZip Download Demon utilities in their default configuration . . .
EVERY TIME you use one of these utilities to download ANY FILE from ANYWHERE on the Internet, the complete "URL address" of the file, along with a UNIQUE ID TAG that has been assigned to YOUR machine, and (in the case of Netscape's SmartDownload only) YOUR computer's individual Internet IP address, is immediately transmitted to the program's publisher.
This allows a database of your entire, personal, file download history to be assembled and uniquely associated with your individual computer ... for whatever purpose the program's publishers may have today, or tomorrow. |  |
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| Viktor S. Grebennikov (1) |
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| Alan Greenspan (2) |
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| G. Edward Griffin (3) |
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| The Aware Group (4) |
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| Alexander Hamilton (1) |
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| Jason Hecker (1) |
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| John Hoefle (1) |
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| L. Ron Hubbard (1) |
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| European Contact Inc. (1) |
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| IRS -Criminal Investigation Division (1) |
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| Sherry Peel Jackson (1) |
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| Fully Informed Jury Association (1) |
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| Karl Marx and Frederick Engels (1) |
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| Kayo (1) |
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| Russ Kick (1) |
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| Byron King (2) |
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| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1) |
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| James Kraft-Lorenz (1) |
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| Daniel J. Lavigne (1) |
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| C. S. Lewis (1) |
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| Ferdinand Lips (1) |
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| MARQUIS Financial Management Systems (1) |
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| William H. McIlhany (1) |
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| Ryan McMaken (1) |
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| Professor John McMurtry (1) |
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| Dan Meador (1) |
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| Representative Jack Metcalf (1) |
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| Bob Minairk (1) |
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| Stanley K. Monteith, M.D. (1) |
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| Mother Earth News (1) |
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| Bill Murphy (1) |
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| Dr. Joe Sweet, M.Div., D.M.Th. (1) |
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 | Matt Neuman (1) |
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| | The Declaration of Independence for Modern Readers
A Satire
by Matt Neuman (07/04/2000)
Given the recent trend to modernize classic works of literature, it seemed logical to modernize one of the great works of American literature: the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson and Co.'s affirmation of freedom and democracy is a wonderful document, but it simply doesn't speak to the current generation of TV-addicted zombies who wouldn't know a remote power from a remote control. With its archaic language and references to an unfamiliar, non-digital world, the D of I is sorely in need of an update to take it into the 21st Century. Hopefully this new version will be taught in our grade schools and civics classes, and a paper copy of it will replace the aging original now decomposing in the National Archives. | |
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| Congressman Ron Paul (1) |
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| Pennsylvania School Board Association (1) |
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| Mark Pitcavage, Ph.D. (1) |
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| John R. Prukop (1) |
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