If you are afraid, you should not use Internet at all. The privacy statements in the SilverLight EULA is just standard across the board. Just like you search with Google, Google will keep far more information, including your search habit, your location so that it can push local Ads to you.
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If you are afraid, you should not use Internet at all. The privacy statements in the SilverLight EULA is just standard across the board. Just like you search with Google, Google will keep far more information, including your search habit, your location so that it can push local Ads to you.
My fans don't go crazy over anything... I might need a new fanbase.
I'm surprised no one commented on your comment. Thank you for that! Very punny!
And the BS continues...
1 - The example you provided from Apple has absolutely nothing to do with the case of Silverlight. In case you "forgot" to mention, here it goes so you don't have to consider apples as oranges again:
Apple’s Customer Privacy Policy covers the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information that may be collected by Apple anytime you interact with Apple, such as when you visit our website, when you purchase Apple products and services, or when you call our sales or support associates.
I agree with the privacy policy for the cases above, and I trust the company making use of them.
2 - As I said above, MS's "phone home" measures are just one factor among many for not using their crap; you may refer again to proprietary technology coming from a company engaged in illegal monopolistic actions, as well as its history of pathetic update cycles for Mac users;
3 - I quoted MS's EULA just to make it clear that what you said above was BS; MS DOES phone home with its plugin, and it's up to accept that fact and use their crap or not. As for Google and others, I am well aware of the fact that they make geographical segmentation or ad selection depending on your residence, but that doesn't mean your location is individualized to you (Google is very clear about that); and it doesn't mean either that I need to use the same threshold of trust for every IT company out there.
as long as you can only implement this in windows, and the it costs to get the real tools to implement it, it won't get that big
I think you need to reread this whole thread.
I think he means develop Silverlight not implement. He may have a point about the cost of the tools, but thats never really stopped Flash development. But as for saying that the tools running only on Windows will hinder development, I think he forgets what marketshare MS have.
Your making a mountain out of a mole hill. "Phone Home". Did you just make that up? Lots of applications including Apples "Phone Home" in the context that you are presenting it. Your just spinning it to fit your argument - or - you don't understand technology as well as you think you do.
In either case your premise is that Apple cares about protecting your private/personal information and MS doesn't. Or even worse that Apple wouldn't use said information to target you for more products or services.
So show me your post with your "outage" at Apple embedding your Name and Email Address in AAC files or iTunes Genius "Phone Home" features and I'll rethink my opinion your nothing more than a close-minded Apple cheerleader who really isn't interested in the *whole* truth about these two companies.
Also, you really should revisit your idea of MS and "proprietary". If your suggesting that MS is any better in this area then Apple then your are clearly misguided in your opinions. They both create plenty of scenarios where it is difficult/impossible for end-users to use competing products in an effort to prop up their bottom line.