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Computer, Joke, Murmuring, Recreation, Software

相當爆笑的 EULA

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在 Kingsley Idehen’s Blog 看到「Proof That (Almost) No One Reads End User License Agreements」，而證明沒有人看的方法是：

anti-spyware firm PC Pitstop buried a note in its own EULA, saying they would give $1,000 to the first person who emailed them at a certain address.

而這個 $1000 用了多久才送出去呢？

It only took four months and over 3,000 downloads before someone noticed it and sent an email (and got the $1,000).

由於在某些國家對消費者的保護比較嚴格，如果某套軟體讓使用者同意 EULA 用的方法被證明會使得使用者「幾乎不會看」，這可能會使得 EULA 無效：

While this is an amusing story, it should also serve to show that EULAs shouldn’t be valid at all.

Computer, Murmuring, Search Engine, Security, Software

超邪惡的 Google Toolbar

看到這篇文章「Google’s new toolbar: Now more evil than ever」提到的：

As if that wasn’t enough, the toolbar updates automatically, without asking. Once installed, this happens no matter how restrictive your Explorer security settings might be, and regardless of whether you have ZoneAlarm or some other firewall installed. Basically, this means that Google potentially can install anything at all on your hard drive, at any time that you connect to them.

Don’t be evil？這已經是過去式了。