Existing users, 
BBEdit
Popular HTML & text editor.
Version: 9.3
spyware
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: King Arthur KoM Thursday, July 12 2007 @ 09:20 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: NO
I do not appreciate spyware on my Mac. Little Snitch told me that this was trying to phone home for some reason. There is no reason whatsoever for text editing software to do this without my consent. I expect this from Windows products not Macintosh ones.
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Comments
spyware - King Arthur KoM
I had the automatic updates turned off.Thursday, July 19 2007 @ 10:55 PM PDT
spyware - tersonodesign
Uh no. Sorry. I dunno what you did, but BBEdit only phones home for update checks. Little Snitch is as quiet as can be provided update checks are turned off.Frankly, if you have a beef with this kinda thing, it would make a whole lot more sense to contact the developers rather than giving an inaccurate, paranoid review which would only serve to put off those legitimately interested in the product....
Monday, August 06 2007 @ 10:30 AM PDT
spyware - Toadling
I've been using BBEdit for nearly a decade and it's never "phoned home" for anything other than the optional software update check mentioned above.You should do a little more research before making wild accusations.
Monday, August 06 2007 @ 11:35 AM PDT
spyware - hueco
Thanks. BBEdit called spyware. Made me giggle. The whole program is a productivity Trojan. You have been warned.Monday, August 06 2007 @ 11:44 PM PDT
spyware - BBSW
Most Mac software has automatic update checking built in, and BBEdit is no exception. You can control this in the "Application" preferences.Reply to This
Tuesday, July 17 2007 @ 12:15 PM PDT