Spyware Analysis of P2P Software
Found on Slashdot on Thursday, 10 March 2005
Benjamin Edelman, a PhD candidate in Economics and a Law student at Harvard, has analyzed the hidden (or not) additions to a user's machine when they install some of the major Windows P2P clients. He analyzes the length and readabilty of their licenses, what is revealed or hidden in the software's installer and includes screenshots for illustration. Clear, concise and eye-opening.
A really interesting article with some detailled information about eDonkey, iMesh, Kazaa, LimeWire and Morpheus. Exeem would have been interesting too. If you're going to take part in P2P, use the open source clients. With all the current P2P hype, many try to take the chance and (ab)use it for making money. Now, there's nothing wrong with making money; but not when they use spyware. When it was clear that Exeem was closed source, it was also clear that it would contain spyware.