Comments on: iTunes ‘Spyware’ No More http://nslog.com/2006/01/18/itunes_spyware_no_more The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:53:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Bud Landry http://nslog.com/2006/01/18/itunes_spyware_no_more#comment-18107 Bud Landry Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:48:20 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/01/18/itunes_spyware_no_more/#comment-18107 I do wonder how this (if this) is manifesting itself on copies of iTunes for Windows, where the user base might feel a tad more paranoid about spyware. I don't think I have seen that angle in any of the stories. But I was never concerned enough about it to check out how it is manifesting itself on the Apple side. (suggesting tunes from your "recently played" playlist?)-- I have pretty much kept ITMS on moratorium since I lost broadband in a move to the sticks. Almost all consumer tracking is tracking an amorphous aggregate anyway, not -you- personally. Companies want to know "Big Spenders like..." and "People who like X like Y" for many more reasons than possibly invasively hounding John Doe for John Doe's favorites, and often things do not get anymore personal than a zip code. I do wonder how this (if this) is manifesting itself on copies of iTunes for Windows, where the user base might feel a tad more paranoid about spyware. I don't think I have seen that angle in any of the stories.

But I was never concerned enough about it to check out how it is manifesting itself on the Apple side. (suggesting tunes from your "recently played" playlist?)-- I have pretty much kept ITMS on moratorium since I lost broadband in a move to the sticks.

Almost all consumer tracking is tracking an amorphous aggregate anyway, not -you- personally. Companies want to know "Big Spenders like..." and "People who like X like Y" for many more reasons than possibly invasively hounding John Doe for John Doe's favorites, and often things do not get anymore personal than a zip code.

]]> By: Ralph Scheuer http://nslog.com/2006/01/18/itunes_spyware_no_more#comment-18106 Ralph Scheuer Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:11:16 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/01/18/itunes_spyware_no_more/#comment-18106 Woah, great. I've really had enough from this moronic spyware discussion. Woah, great. I've really had enough from this moronic spyware discussion.

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