Response from the developer... - Coolatoola.com

This mechanism has a bona fide purpose, which is to help defeat fraudulent and other unauthorised use of DV Backup.

Tim Hewett.

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Friday, September 05 2008 @ 02:39 PM PDT

Response from the developer... - ramcito

I am not surprised at your reaction at the behaviour of the software. The developer states that this connection is a measure to stop illegal use of his software. While it may achieve that purpose it also exposes you to a variety of security issues.

The question you have to ask yourself is if you want software whose stated purpose is to perform backups onto DV cameras executing arbitrary processes on your system in the name of "preventing illegal use".

I would hope that most users are like me, and they want their can opener to open cans only.

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Wednesday, October 15 2008 @ 01:41 PM PDT

Response from the developer... - ramcito

You are right to be concerned because:
1) The connection you saw is used to download lists of users that aren't authorised to run the software anymore.
2) Through DNS spoofing, other hijacking methods or simply if the developer wishes it, your computer can be forced to execute arbitrary code.
3) My previous review describes this behaviour in 1.4.2 and apparently it hasn't changed in 1.4.3.

I have never used this software successfully and I encourage all prospective users of this software to reconsider their purchase and look at other alternatives to this software.

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Wednesday, October 15 2008 @ 02:00 PM PDT