(file sharing) morpheus rules!

Ian Goldberg iang at abraham.cs.berkeley.edu
Fri Aug 3 18:30:02 PDT 2001


In article <3B6A89DA.30274.A4DCA1 at localhost>,  <georgemw at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>is it adware/spyware?

Yes.  Adware.  Its cousin KaZaA (uses the same network) is spyware.
[Well, we don't know that for sure.  But it installs apparently ~5
different "phone home and get data" apps on your system.]

> Is the source available?

No.

> If not,
>do they at least make the communication protocol open
>so you could build your own client if you wanted to?

No.

But of course, that's never stopped us before...

   - Ian






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