What is Traitorware?
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What is Traitorware?
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Re: What is Traitorware?
#2I love the coining of this word - let's claim the language high ground on this. Do mainstream people even know/care about this yet?
Re: What is Traitorware?
#3I love the coining of this word - let's claim the language high ground on this. Do mainstream people even know/care about this yet?
I don't think most people know about this sort of thing. Most non-techies I've talked to are actually quite surprised about the printer thing: the idea that a printer would secretly print a pattern of light yellow dots on your paper that wasn't in your source file is very surprising to everyone I've mentioned it to. It's the sort of thing that's weird enough that some people think I must be telling them a conspiracy theory.
Re: What is Traitorware?
#4My first thought was this scenario:
Company A with software X.
Employees from Company A defect to Company B and "recreate" software X. Hence Traitorware!
Have to start clicking before thinking.
But getting on track with topic, we could also consider cookies a somewhat primitive form of Traitorware...
Re: What is Traitorware?
#5I love the coining of this word - let's claim the language high ground on this. Do mainstream people even know/care about this yet?
Mainstream people will only be getting this
>>is meant to help locate and disable the phone if it is lost of stolen.
And are never shown this
>>your iphone may record your voice, take a picture of your location,record your heartbeat and send that information to the mothership
Re: What is Traitorware?
#6My first thought was this scenario: Company A with software X. Employees from Company A defect to Company B and "recreate" software X. Hence Traitorware! Have to start clicking before thinking. But getting on track with topic, we could also consider cookies a somewhat primitive form of Traitorware...
Cookies are often used for good. Based on the examples in the article, "traitorware" as herein termed is a specific implementation of a technology that betrays its user, and not the component parts that make up that software. So, a cookie may be part of traitorware (say, an ad network that tracks your movements across every page it can (Facebook)), but cookies themselves are not traitorware.
Re: What is Traitorware?
#7Hmm, but there's something negative implied about the original intent in the word though, like you were doing something wrong.
How about "snitchsoft", nah, same problem.
Really it's "trackware" because regardless of how you use the device/product, you are being tracked. Even your PDF documents have serial numbers by default.
Re: What is Traitorware?
#8My first thought was this scenario: Company A with software X. Employees from Company A defect to Company B and "recreate" software X. Hence Traitorware! Have to start clicking before thinking. But getting on track with topic, we could also consider cookies a somewhat primitive form of Traitorware...
Cookies are often used for good. Based on the examples in the article, "traitorware" as herein termed is a specific implementation of a technology that betrays its user, and not the component parts that make up that software. So, a cookie may be part of traitorware (say, an ad network that tracks your movements across every page it can (Facebook)), but cookies themselves are not traitorware.
Facebook tracks your movement across every page with a Facebook asset? Does Google do
something like this as well?
Re: What is Traitorware?
#9I love the coining of this word - let's claim the language high ground on this. Do mainstream people even know/care about this yet?
I don't think most people know about this sort of thing. Most non-techies I've talked to are actually quite surprised about the printer thing: the idea that a printer would secretly print a pattern of light yellow dots on your paper that wasn't in your source file is very surprising to everyone I've mentioned it to. It's the sort of thing that's weird enough that some people think I must be telling them a conspiracy…
Yea, it's true. Companies aren't really acting in our best interests - probably the legals driving this one. It should also be mentioned that your car probably has a black box that records what you're doing - already used in many court cases.
Re: What is Traitorware?
#10Hmm, but there's something negative implied about the original intent in the word though, like you were doing something wrong. How about "snitchsoft", nah, same problem. Really it's "trackware" because regardless of how you use the device/product, you are being tracked. Even your PDF documents have serial numbers by default.
Ha - I thought most people would think "trackware" were related to running, but I Googled the term and got all spyware related links - interesting...