Now Netscape spies too

[amdkt7]

http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175035.html

[Chooco]

IE is better anyway, takes like 1 second to boot the program and every program with a plugin has it for IE

this spyware thing is really getting out of hand. they know too much about us like if we are searching for a new computer on the web or if we like video games and such.

is there any way to get like a crack or something to disable that feature in Netscape?

[TheBurningCat]

I doubt it, but then again i doubt its just them, my friend showed me how easy it was to program your program to make log files thne send them toa server, if he can do it any major software company can!

[Chooco]

lol

i should plant a bug like that on my friend's computer to see what HE is doin lol

[Germ]

You can edit the all-ns.js file in a text editor. Open the Netscape directory and it's in /defaults/pref

Comment out this line:
pref("browser.related.provider", "http://info.netscape.com/fwd/siduswrl/http://www-rl.netscape.com/wtgn?");

And in this line change "true" to "false":
pref("browser.tracking.enabled", true);

Germ

[Harold7]

Oh so sneaky and intrusive.

So I just add REM before prefs... in order to comment out the line, right?

[Germ]

No, in the .js files you use // in front of the line to comment it out.

[Harold7]

Strange... there was already // in front of both of the the prefs line in the .js file you referenced... I use NSClean 6.1 set to Block anonymous tracking, search referrals, full circle reporting and HTTP referrers in Netscape 6.2.1.

With this active blocking being done, do I even need to bother with this?

[CERuppel]

I saw a link at the Google site that offered a 'Search Tool Bar'...

Is this just another way to get this 'spy-ware' onto our computers???

[vass0922]

I doubt if Google would, they're generally pretty good about that kind of stuff
Suprised Netscape did

IE is better anyway

Should try opera
and no spyware!!