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Rick Corbett,

Thank you SO much for the info. I had been meaning to explore linux for years, it’s time to take the plunge.
Also thanks to Kathleen for the article and all the other posters, a treasure trove of useful info here.

Please excuse a novice poster, but after reading the faq and searching, I can’t seem to find how to start a new thread on the linux topic. I want to ask why centos, recommended to me by a linux person is not included. I had mentioned I was thinking of ubuntu, he robustly recommended centos. Thanks and again, sorry.

I have been reading Windows Secrets for several years and I often find useful info to help me keep my XP and W7 machines as safe as possible. However, I am flabbergasted at the comments by Woody Leonard on the carrier IQ issue.

In the middle of the article Woody espouses:
“But why would a phone company want to monitor your keystrokes, your mail, your SMS texts, or your location using a program inside your phone? It doesn’t make any sense. Working on data generated inside the phone is enormously inefficient and expensive as well as intrusive; it’s difficult, both technically and legally, to make a case for it.”

I find this opinion mind boggling.
Every outlet including WS has long known and pointed out that google and facebook have clearly defined the next generation of advertising tactics, and it’s inconceivable to imagine that every large company in the world isn’t clamoring to get on-board.
Gathering info about you and your buying habits is the gold rush of the 21st century.
Smaller companies pay unbelievably large fees to both of these entities and to independent companies that deal in personal information.
Why wouldn’t the players in the communications market embrace this also?
If you have no use for the information, it certainly has value to another conglomerate who will gladly pay you for it.
Perhaps in the future sticking to windows topics would be best.