[vox] Open Source and Privacy

[Jeffrey J. Nonken]

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:38:00 +0000, Robert G. Scofield wrote:
> Winamp doesn't
> seem so bad, and Real Player probably isn't all that bad, but
> somehow I feel safer with open source software that doesn't want to
> track me.

I've got an older copy of Winamp (2.76) that fills my modest needs and 
doesn't do tracking (I believe it's the last version that is true of). 
You're welcome to a copy, contact me offlist.

I know it's not open source, but it's an option.

(Does she have a software firewall installed? Sygate or ZoneAlarm 
should block any nefarious attempts to contact the outside world 
without permission. I prefer Sygate myself 
http://smb.sygate.com/buy/download_buy.htm but some people swear by ZA 
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp and Sygate has just 
been bought by Symantec. Who knows how long before they kill the 
product in favour of their own?)