[MacDV] Re: speaking of real audio

[Marcus Albers]

On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 07:23  AM, rg ball wrote:

> On [2003-Feb-28]  Charles Martin <chasm at mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>> I'm answering this on the list because it's misinformation that
> needs
>> to be cleared up.
>
> Read the license agreement
>
>> E&OS=Mac&CM=&CMV=&LS=&RE=&RA=&RV=> instead of relying on rumours and
>> half-truths you picked up on the net somewhere.
>
> No rumors or half-truths, straight from the horse's mouth (from the
> agreement displayed during the install of the Mac version of the
> player):

I'm not sure what you are reading in here, but all I see are a few  
references to sending your user ID to RealNetworks to access premium  
account services, information about quality of connection, and auto  
update information.  Unless I am missing it, no where in there is there  
anything that even remotely suggests that they are sending clandestine  
information about what you are doing with the RealPlayer on your  
computer, i.e. do you have Audio Hijack installed and running,  
capturing the RA stream that you are listening to.

http://www.real.com/products/player/more_info/ 
moreinfo.html?ID=317&DC=52002&LANG=&PN=RealOne%20Player&PV=9.0.0.288&PT= 
Free&OS=Mac&CM=&CMV=&LS=&RE=&RA=&RV=

The above link does a very good job of outlining what is sent by  
default, and how to shut it off.

And if you're still worried, try a program like Little Snitch.  The  
whole time I was using RealPlayer this morning, Little Snitch didn't  
report any unusual network activity from RealPlayer.

-- 
Marcus J. Albers
Musician, Animator, Film-buff, Video-geek,
Computer-superfreak, Videogame-aficionado extraordinaire