Existing users, 
shadowClipboard
clipboard manager
Version: 3.0.5
"Shadow" indeed
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: velgor2 Tuesday, September 19 2006 @ 10:28 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
Well, this app certainly lives up to the name "shadow" as it refuses to launch without phoning home. I'll give the developer the benefit of the doubt here and assume it's checking for the current version, but there is no preference to turn this "feature" off, and no mention of the behavior anyplace in the documentation. In this day and age, neither is acceptable.
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"Shadow" indeed - velgor
The fact that it's a crash doesn't make me feel any more comfortable. Despite your assurances that no personal information is being sent, I should have the option of disabling the version checking, which according to Little Snitch doesn't just occur at launch, but every few minutes.Wednesday, September 20 2006 @ 10:49 AM PDT
"Shadow" indeed - stupidFish23
The program only tries to contact the server upon startup, and not every few minutes. This is just not true.Wednesday, September 20 2006 @ 12:21 PM PDT
"Shadow" indeed - velgor
Then why does Little Snitch prompt me repeatedly after I allow your application a one-time connection to the server in order to get it launched?Wednesday, September 20 2006 @ 02:02 PM PDT
"Shadow" indeed - kknopp
He is still ignoring the request to turn it off completely.Why wouldn't this feature be available?
Thursday, September 21 2006 @ 04:05 AM PDT
"Shadow" indeed - sprindle1
Lots of software "phones home" to check for updates and perhaps for less benign purposes. If you don't like this, install and use Little Snitch.Wednesday, September 20 2006 @ 09:04 AM PDT
"Shadow" indeed - velgor
That's my point--when blocked by Little Snitch, the application crashes.Wednesday, September 20 2006 @ 10:43 AM PDT
"Shadow" indeed - stupidFish23
using little snitch causes shadowClipboard to crash, the problem has been identified and will be fixed in the next update.Wednesday, September 20 2006 @ 10:46 AM PDT
"Shadow" indeed - stupidFish23
As stated in a response to a previous post, shadowClipboard does not quit on you, it crashes (check the logs). We identified the bug and will soon be out with an update to fix this.Also, on the shadowClipboard product page (http://www.stupidfish23.com/shadowclipboard) it is stated that shadowClipboard tries to contact a webserver to obtain an integer build value. No information whatsoever is sent to stupidFish programming.
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