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Miro

video RSS feed reader, downloader & player

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miro is trying to connect to google-analytics

Feedback Type: Usage Tip

Contributed by: blindmull Wednesday, January 02 2008 @ 03:31 AM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Less than a month

Recommend Product: NO

technicaly for me miro actualy does what it is expected to do. BUT:
after startup one of the first things this app does is establishing a connection to google-analytics. (try yourself using little snitch.)
why?
it shouldn't do that.

be aware that this app potentialy contains spyware or at least is trying to gather information on you.

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miro is trying to connect to google-analytics - suitsme

Firefox does this on launch, too. I guess a lot of open source software has made deals to let google track all your IP number's searches. If I disallow the connection between Firefox and google then Firefox will not go to any url. Have not tried this with Miro. Also, I have often wondered what's to prevent LittleSnitch itself from gathering info or passwords.

First, don't be evil. I'm not so sure.

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