My comments integrated below:

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I want to start by saying that Zero-Knowledge absolutely does not track or profile the users of its Freedom Privacy & Security Tools 3.0 software.

Whenever I turn on Freedom, which, by default, happens when I boot, it sends a message to ZKS. EVERY time. How, again, is this not "tracking" of my usage behaviour? How is ZKS knowing every time I boot up that I've got Freedom 3.0 installed not something they can build a profile about?

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Our software loads updates (e.g. Ad Manager files and e-wallet scripts) as well as privacy-related content via HTTP. This was the case with previous versions of the software and is still true today, although today it may appear more prominent since we have designed Freedom 3.0 with a new user interface and are carrying more privacy content.

I can't comment on Freedom 2.0, but this doesn't change any of my comments.

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This HTTP activity is covered by our privacy policies.

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As for cookies, Zero-Knowledge has always used cookies on its websites, for the purposes of store-, affiliate- and state-management. These

I don't doubt it. practices are

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also reflected in our privacy policies.

And EVERY time I turn on my Freedom client (usually at startup) it sends a request, info I don't have a clue about (And those cookies, when the domain in zeroknowledge.com and when I use IE as my browser, are sent back to ZKS whenever they're in my IE cache and I open ZKS. And, of course, there's the fact that Freedom notifies everyone between my computer and zeroknowledge.com that I'm using freedom. Which, of course, is covered by the Pen trace and trap warrants, and is collected by carnivore. Now I'm telling my ISP and the world what my IP is, what my platform is, and that I use Freedom. How, again, is this not tracking me? Things to consider. -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759. ******** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message -----