Comments on: Article Bot Scandal: Is Article Bot Spying on its USERS too?

By: Tim Khan

Tim Khan — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:54:31 +0000

Actually, they still do it…I dont know how they do it now. I was working on some articles and keywords which only I know. However, I received an email from Article Bot on suggestions on how to use the software effectively. In that email, they gave me better suggestions for the same keywords I was writing articles on!!!! How they know what I am working on without spying on me??? Well I believe that they are still spting on their uers BUT dont know how this time….

By: hermen shermen

hermen shermen — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:19:34 +0000

now what we need is automatic article bot … cause spinning a large article takes hours!

By: hermen shermen

hermen shermen — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:14:22 +0000

well, it’s interestig that you can’t post on the board anymore – http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=47354&subForumID=111638&action=viewSubForum

a couple things … i always have that box checked on my nic card config screen … it gives me an eyeball view of transmissions from my pc. you notice things, like macromedia and adove apps checking into base etc …

i installed the firewall but i have no activity with the firewall enabled or not. sop i dunno … this is all .net … so it would be easy to rem out those lines of code if it exists on his end.

but i think the app rocks in any case, if they are collecting data and if i can block it, it’s not going to stop me from using it.

i bet the engines are in a panic about it anyway … it’s pretty good at what it does.

By: retta

retta — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:37:35 +0000

Here’s the official response…

http://www.articlebot.com/reply.htm

By: Frakkle

Frakkle — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:26:58 +0000

Article Bot Spying on its users?

Ok – as a software developer and marketer I have often been tempted by
the really handy information that is available from users usage
patterns.? Some developers cross that line – and I would think -
profit by it quite nicely.? Its commonly called s…

By: frak

frak — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:25:20 +0000

It actually pretty funny in a sad way. The question is: why did it take so long for anybody to notice? Is it that people are lulled into a false sense of security because they are not dealing with a large company??

Love the blog – love the site icon btw. Keep ‘em coming

By: Jason Duke

Jason Duke — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:06:38 +0000

OK I may be biased but it was down right dirty, wrong and almost definately illegal. Moving on from that though is the application wasn’t that great.

It was a PITA to use and limited in functionality. Yeh I know I have a better product and I know I want users for it and I know that makes me far from impartial but come on. Doesn’t this escapade just about sum things up?

http://www.WidgetBaiting.com – That’s where the real thing is and V2 at http://www.widgetbaiting.com/cgi-bin2/index.pl that does feeds too as well as other stuff – Well that just puts it in a whole different ball park!

By: SEOGirl

SEOGirl — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:05:57 +0000

They must have really scared the piss out of him if he took it down so quickly. His evidence looks completley convincing. How much more do you need? There are screen shots of the one of the chief developer’s directory housing the jobs. Buyer beware. And, the more technical you are, the better. I agree, only the paranoid will survive.

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