
18-08-04, 02:04 PM
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Quote: | Originally Posted by Nick Bown Sorry, but this service looks a total bunch of poo. The only way I can see this system working is if it has some kind of proxying service with compression which, from a technical point of view, isn't good. Compression requires CPU cycles so the faster your Internet connection goes, the slower your PC runs. Proxying opens up a huge can of worms and this is where I can see this "offer" comming in to play. If they have your demographics (name, age, location, etc) then they can see the proxy logs (yes, the log of every web site you've ever been to) to third parties which gives you... wait for it....more junk mail and spam. Lovely. | But wait... didn't you read that it "Works with any PC or MAC of the lowest specification believable"? :-D
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