Shoutbox

thanks for the welcome ^.^

Sam;
as for the idea, i dont think its a plugin. i dont have any plugins installed, and a contact i have seems to inform me that MSN 7 has this reporting ability.

i know THE MAN, Patchou as the ability to control all data sent to and from messenger.
so, logically, there is some kind of data packet sent out when i close my window.
i believe ive seen these when using my WinPCap network spy, on my own computer.

secondly, if its not a packet, then it's a lack of packets. a lack of some kind of refresh data, which i dout, but somthing like a picture request.
im positive this can be engineered and all teh features we have today rock in the same mannor.


kitty;
i just dont know why they added this 'feature' to a messenger.
to me, its complete spyware!
ive never heard of a wide distro application giving all its users the ability to know what and when you do things on your computer!

i mean, WTF? what were they thinking?
i give people the right to see things i post, see my icons, see my text, laughter, even sounds (which i disable btw). and on the inverse, i allow poeple to send me the same thing.
i also have to click a verification window whenever someone wants the ability to see when i am online.

how the heck did it go from that to knowing when you have a window open? having automated systems report back information i -absolutely- dont want poeple to know?

who the F gave the right to some application, which i didnt even upgrade to (still using 6.2) to mess with my friendships?

this is sooooooo a huge issue to me, that it caused enough anger that i took the step to joining this forum.

anyhoo, that is just me, and my rant, and my reasons...

(thanks go out to all who listen)