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Originally posted by alexp2_ad
for it to invade anyone's privacy the script has to be installed without the persons knowledge, and at that point, the person presumably has access to the "victims" pc, so they could look at their contacts anyway.
You completely miss the point I'm afraid...
Your script is installed and used
without permission from the people who you are showing info from to
strangers.
Also, privacy issues don't begin or end with "having access to a PC". In this case having access to a pc has got nothing todo with it. Also, if something or someone doesn't have access to a PC, it doesn't mean it automatically is not an invasion of privacy anymore.
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Originally posted by alexp2_ad
but since the person is DEFINITELY knowingly doing it, it's equivalent to just manually typing it anyway.
Absolutely and utterly no.
eg: I do NOT know if my contact is using this script to show MY email to one of HIS contacts.
If one of my contacts installed and use this script, then my email, my screen name, etc is shown to one of his contacts, which is a stranger to me who has no bussiness in what my email, screen name or whatever else is.
- Showing the email shouldn't be an option, it should never be shown.
- Even a screen name is private to your contacts, and isn't meant for the contacts of your contact.
- Such a script should never have been released here in the first place, imo, sorry
To put it simply: your script is the exact equivalent of me posting your email address to anybody who request it. Did you gave your permission to me that I could send your email? No...
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