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JDPower

dgi_n wrote: »

If people who were unable to provide any help had minded their own business, or simply said that they did not participate - rather than attempt to take the moral high ground - I would have moved on elsewhere.

How did I attempt to take the moral high ground, I simply stated what the usual terms are on surveys.

Your attitude really doesn't improve any does it. Which is a good thing cos you won't be able to climb out of the hole you're digging, so please do carry on

redagila

Would you all like to end this discussion now as I get fed up of seeing there is a new post on this thread and it is not immediately relevant to Valued Opinions.


Thanks

dgi_n

How exactly does a thread like this reach 104 pages if you're not allowed to discuss the surveys?

Blackpepper1

I am really enjoying Valued Opinions.
The surveys are good and a few coming through and not too slow either.

Made_in_England_1971

Is anyone aware that the Notify app configures your browser to send website data (HTTP and HTTPS) through 127.0.0.1 port 16110.

Basically tracking your every move on the web. Tracking your website activity using a web-debugging tool called Fiddler, that gets installed alongside the app.


Credit card detals? Passwords? Who knows who or where our browsing activities will end up. There are a lot of Indemnity clauses in the EULA and Privacy Policy. Paranoia? or healthy suspicion?.

Anyone else notice web slowdowns and pages failing to load soon after it was installed?

See: s28.postimg.org/4rw7spryl/desktop.jpg

Copy and paste the link above to see a screenshot of what it changed in my settings (I can't add links yet,(first post :wave:)

(Thoughts and comments appreciated)

droopsnout

Interesting. I never download any of those very helpful and harmless (!) programs received from those nice multinational market research companies.

I don't know a huge amount about computers, but I did do a "whois" search on the 127.0.0.1 address. It is a reserved address used for programs which need to communicate with other programs on the same computer. I don't know if that involves snooping or not, but I certainly wouldn't risk it without expert advice.

It's very long, but here are almost all of the data thrown up by my search:

# Query terms are ambiguous. The query is assumed to be: # "n 127.0.0.1" # # Use "?" to get help. # # # The following results may also be obtained via: # http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=127.0.0.1?showDetails=true&showARIN=false&ext=netref2 # NetRange: 127.0.0.0 - 127.255.255.255 CIDR: 127.0.0.0/8 OriginAS: NetName: SPECIAL-IPV4-LOOPBACK-IANA-RESERVED NetHandle: NET-127-0-0-0-1 Parent: NetType: IANA Special Use Comment: Addresses starting with "127." are used when one program needs to talk to another program running on the same machine using the Internet Comment: Protocol. 127.0.0.1 is the most commonly used address and is called the "loopback" address. Comment: Comment: These addresses were assigned by the IETF, the organization that develops Internet protocols, in the Standard document, RFC 1122, which can Comment: be found here: Comment: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1122 RegDate: Updated: 2013-08-30 Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-127-0-0-0-1 OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority OrgId: IANA Address: 12025 Waterfront Drive Address: Suite 300 City: Los Angeles StateProv: CA PostalCode: 90292 Country: US RegDate: Updated: 2012-08-31 Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/IANA OrgAbuseHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org OrgAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/IANA-IP-ARIN OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN OrgTechName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820 OrgTechEmail: abuse@iana.org OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/IANA-IP-ARIN

Made_in_England_1971

droopsnout wrote: »

I don't know a huge amount about computers, but I did do a "whois" search on the 127.0.0.1 address. It is a reserved address used for programs which need to communicate with other programs on the same computer.

Yeah, looks like that's what is exactly happening. 127.0.0.1 is known to me from using security software in the past, it isn't inherently dangerous.
The port number after the IP address is important as it probably points to which program its sending data to.

I'm not a mega expert on ports and "under the hood" computing myself. The company is based in Australia. I will do more research
:think:

JDPower

droopsnout wrote: »

Interesting. I never download any of those very helpful and harmless (!) programs received from those nice multinational market research companies.

I don't know a huge amount about computers, but I did do a "whois" search on the 127.0.0.1 address.

A whois search on that address won't achieve much - it's your own computer.

droopsnout

True. Which is what I pointed out.

wiorika

Has any of you been asked to return the product youve tested but you kept it anyway? I ve received a product and Id like to keep it but im supposed to post it back when the trial is over, so i was wondering what can happen if i dont. Can they suspend my account? The product is from Valued opinions.