nsane.forums Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Daemon Tools appears to be letting a service called MountSpace track every file its users mount, even if it goes against the users explicit wishes - the key is in the fine print.You would have hoped that software developers would have taken the Path situation as a cue to adopt a little stricter privacy policy. According to Within Windows, Daemon Tools' anonymous data collection isn't really all that anonymous, and turning it off doesn't really turn it off.MountSpace is a service that keeps track of the software that people are mounting and running in Daemon Tools. It does this by keeping track of every image you mount, along with information regarding the specific .iso file you used; it even knows if you're a first time user. By sending all of this information home, MountSpace ends up with your IP address, your history and who knows what else.Daemon Tools offers you the option of disallowing MountSpace from using your mount statistics at installation, but this doesn't actually stop it from collecting them. As the privacy setting itself says, you're not telling it to stop collecting the information; you're just telling it to not 'allow Mountspace to use [your] mount statistics.' Ideally, these files are deleted immediately, but who knows?Daemon Tools' privacy policy doesn't exactly make you feel better; its only mention of privacy comes in the form of a disclaimer saying that they aren't liable for any breaches of privacy. Ouch. And MountSpace? Actually, they don't even seem to have a privacy policy, unless you count cryptic paragraphs that don't actually say anything.Certain (read: many and/or most, cough cough) of the .isos logged on MountSpace don't look like legitimate copies of the software in question (The Sims 3 - Razor1911 MAXSPEED.torrentz.iso doesn't sound like a legitimate file to us). Since they possess the information about these files and where they came from, this could lead to serious legal problems for the owners, if certain entities decided to focus their attention on them.For everyone else – and, yes, there are plenty of legitimate uses of for Daemon Tools and other .iso mounting software – there's that whole invasion of privacy issue. Even if there are no legal pitfalls involved, the fact that a user's information is being collected without their consent is just wrong on principle. A little more transparency, and a little more respect for users' wishes, would go a long way. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 :lmao: @ title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 i knew it. i always suspected dt was a depraved, perverted and disgusting software with voyeuristic tendencies. this just goes to prove it :Di bet they're passing on all the surreptitiously collected information to the durex people :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxhedroom Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 lmao...it knows 'what' you mounted...Now everyone will know about my blow-up doll affair... :wub:I was wondering why Daemon was wanting internet access...ofc I blocked it anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Eh DAEMON Tools is shit bloatware anyway, I didn't think anyone still used it. I use VirtualClone Drive which is very lightweight but there is also the built in mounter in UltraISO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguy7327 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Eh DAEMON Tools is shit bloatware anyway, I didn't think anyone still used it. I use VirtualClone Drive which is very lightweight but there is also the built in mounter in UltraISO.I couldnt have said it better. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YMatrix Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Eh DAEMON Tools is shit bloatware anyway, I didn't think anyone still used it. I use VirtualClone Drive which is very lightweight but there is also the built in mounter in UltraISO.Double like! :showoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avmad Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Thanks for the info Uninstalled. I only used it when Virtual clone failed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I still use Daemon Tools Lite and it never failed me, but this article causes some concern. But then again, all I need to do is block it through my firewall I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalcernyskelo Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Another good alternative is WinCDEmuIt's free and open source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyman Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Another good alternative is WinCDEmuIt's free and open sourceThanks for the suggestion, I'll try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeMasteR Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 VirtualCD and UltraISO/PowerISO, good alternatives, Alcohol also.Its gone from my computer and i highly doubt that this will be forever. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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