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That comment makes me chuckle. These days, I have close to zero faith in commercial software that is "free", assuming that the business model is selling my data
by ballenf 9y ago
That comment makes me chuckle. These days, I have close to zero faith in commercial software that is "free", assuming that the business model is selling my data.
I happily paid for Little Snitch and was comforted by the fact that I was the customer.
- craftyguy 9y agoNothing prevents companies that sell you proprietary software from also selling your data.
- coding123 9y agoWell I'm assuming things like this helps: We do not share nor sell your data. https://www.obdev.at/privacy-policy.html https://www.obdev.at/privacy-policy.html However you may be referring to the same notion that nothing stops someone from murdering someone else.
- vezycash 9y agoUntil the company is acquired. And then the disclaimer disappears silently.
- inopinatus 9y agoOutcomes from such clauses also hinge on whether metadata describing the operation of their system - such as logs showing who communicated with who - is your data, or their data. Following recent changes to law here in Australia, for example, metadata is essentially the property of the state.
- staunch 9y agoTrue. But in practice, a software company that's making money from users has a lot of incentive not to harm their brand, or open themselves up to competition, by being shady. It does happen but users are waking up to the problem and companies are learning.
- icelancer 9y agoThis comment makes me chuckle. The idea that since you pay for something means that the company won't sell your data.
- coding123 9y agohttps://www.obdev.at/privacy-policy.html https://www.obdev.at/privacy-policy.html
- matthewmacleod 9y agoIt doesn’t guarantee it, no. But it does mean that there are fewer incentives in place to do so.
- ballenf 9y agoI didn't mean to mock the sentiment and you're absolutely right to take a very cynical approach these days to any privacy promises.
- guelo 9y agoIndeed. I'm especially suspicious of "security" software. Releasing free high quality security seems to be a popular attack vector for advertisers, spammers, hackers, and nation states.
- reaperducer 9y ago>I happily paid for Little Snitch and was comforted by the fact that I was the customer. I paid for it, too. But then the upgrades went from complimentary to paid, and I bailed.
- hesk 9y agoThe new major version offers a lot more functionality. I looked into it and decided I wanted it, so I upgraded. I assume that I could have stayed with the old major version but I'm not sure.
- pilsetnieks 9y agoWith High Sierra you couldn't, the previous version doesn't work on it.
- Udo_Schmitz 9y ago3.8.2 works with High Sierra
- paulie_a 9y agoThat is the traditional business model of software