Sunday, January 11, 2009

Automatic calling home

The following applications on Ubuntu Linux (although the problem is likely more general) automatically access the network without the user getting a reasonable (IMHO) chance to stop it or the user may not realize the potential danger of it like the privacy implications or if the user is on a pay-by-the-byte network connection.

Firefox update

Firefox extension update

Ubuntu update gnome applet

Gnome gweather applet

Firefox home page

Firefox BBC RSS feed

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