Can anyone make a clean (spyware free) version of Joost? Here's the install file

[flawless51]

I wanna install Joost but apparantly it's got major spyware issues! Sooo I'm not about to install it til someone makes a clean version...

anyone up for the job??

If you need the install file... here's a RS link to it: http://rapidshare.com/files/46848246/Joost...0.11.0.rar.html

Thanx for ur help!

[Anteus]

How you know its spyware?

[flawless51]

People report it (even on the Joost forums) as sending data to Warner Brothers, Viacom, etc even when it's not loaded.

http://www.joost.com/forums/p/2007/03/joos...hen-not-loaded/

http://www.joost.com/forums/p/2007/05/joos...ood-judgement./

Then, in their privacy policy, it talks about the sharing of your information... here it is:

Information We Collect About You and How It is Used

We only collect personal information that we believe will improve our ability to offer this service to you. We consider all of the following categories to be your personal information:

Personal Attributes/Interests: We ask for your gender, age/date of birth, country, and your likes/dislikes; most of this information is optional. We use this information to suggest programming, to deliver advertisements, to learn about our audience, including through non-personally identifiable statistics (e.g. percentage of male viewers aged 35-44), and to apply what we've learned to improve the service.

Viewing History: We collect information on viewed e-mails, web pages, programming and advertisements and use this information for the same purposes as described for Personal Attributes/Interests and also for troubleshooting. Here are more details:

Viewing E-mails: E-mails we send you may allow us to determine whether you have opened the e-mail or clicked on a link within the e-mail. Additionally, many of these e-mails are HTML based and collect information similar to the way most web sites collect information (see “Viewing Web Pages” below).

Viewing Web Pages: As with most web sites, your computer sends information that gets logged by a web server when you browse our site. This typically includes your computer's IP address, operating system, browser name/version, the referring web page, requested page, date/time, and sometimes a "cookie" (which can be disabled using your browser preferences) to help the site remember your last visit. If you are logged in, this information is associated with your personal account. The information is also included in anonymous statistics to allow us to understand how visitors use our site.

Viewing Programming and Advertising: As with browsing web pages, when you watch programming and advertising on the Joost™ Software, most of the same information is sent to us (including, IP Address, operating system, etc.); but, instead of page views, your computer sends us information on the program or advertisement viewed by the installed software and the associated channel and time.

Community & Support: We'd love for you to help us make the Joost™ Software and service the highest quality online television service with the very best community support. If interested, you have the option to submit bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback to our engineers; you can also post questions and answer other user questions in our community forums. Our chat service allows you to participate in our television community; to do so, we maintain information, such as your nickname, contact list, and status messages, including what show you are currently watching (if you explicitly choose to enable this option). In addition, these and similar services in the future may require us to maintain your account name and password.

Email Address: We ask you for your email address. We, and companies that we may engage from time to time to act on our behalf, use this information to (i) keep you updated, (ii) ask you to participate in surveys that help us make the Joost™ Software and service better, (iii) respond to or confirm your requests, and (iv) notify you of unusual account actions (e.g. password resets). We will assume you are interested in receiving e-mails from us (or from companies who we may engage from time to time to act on our behalf) and knowing when there are updates to the Joost™ Software or its service, including any updates to its functionality or to the content or programming available (allowing you to "opt-out" if you are not interested).

Beta Tester Selection: While in a limited beta testing stage, we ask for your website/blog address, self-described user category (e.g. TV addict or blogger), and anything else you choose to tell us. This information helps us select the right mix of beta testers.

Security

We take many precautions to keep your personal information secure from unauthorized access, such as encrypted transmission between your computer and our servers and internal corporate policies to limit access to systems that store your personal information. We continue to store your personal information for so long as it is necessary to provide you our service and periodically destroy old personal information in accordance with our company policies, including when it is no longer essential to our ability to offer you the same high quality service. In most cases, we will keep one archival copy of your information to allow us to comply with laws or respond to legal processes.

Sharing of your Information with Others

We will never sell or rent your email address or any of your personal information! Unless we get your explicit approval in advance, we will only share your personal information as we believe is necessary to:

fulfill your requests;

enforce our Terms of Service or the Joost End User License Agreement;

protect personal safety;

comply with laws or respond to legal processes;

allow for a change of ownership of Joost and associated transfer of all personal information to the new owner of Joost, in which case your information still remains protected under this Privacy Policy;

allow us to use another company to email our users regarding updates, surveys and other inquiries regarding their experience with the Joost™ Software and service, or to otherwise act on our behalf;

allow for advertising and other audits, and surveys to, among other things, validate the size and composition of the viewing audience, and understand its experience with the Joost™ Software and service. This may require, among other things, disclosing your viewing history and/or disclosing records showing which advertisements were viewed by which IP addresses.

We will also share statistical and demographic information about our users and their use of the Joost™ Software with suppliers of advertisements and programming. This would not include anything that could be used to identify you or to discover individual information about you.

Widgets

We, and third parties, may from time to time make small software applications – that we call "widgets" – available for your use on or through the Joost™ Software. These widgets may separately access, and allow a third party to view, your identifiable information, such as your computer’s IP Address or other information such as what you are watching during any given session. Additionally, these widgets may ask you to provide additional information directly to third parties. Third party products or services provided through widgets are not owned or controlled by Joost. You are encouraged to read the terms and other policies published by such third parties on their websites or otherwise.

Using Your Personal Information in Other Countries

Your country's privacy laws may require your consent before your personal information can be exported to countries with weaker privacy laws. Our Terms of Service requires your consent to this practice so that we can enhance our service quality by operating in multiple countries. No matter where your information is processed, this privacy policy will remain in effect.

Access to Your Information

You can access and update most of your personal information through the Joost™ Software. If you wish to review and/or correct any other personal information not yet available through the client software, please send a request to [email protected]. We will accommodate your request to the maximum extent practical.

Information on Children

The Joost™ Software is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect or maintain any personal information or non-personally-identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 nor is any part of our website, software or service directed to children under the age of 13. We will close any accounts used exclusively by such children and will remove and/or delete any personal information we believe was submitted by any child under the age of 13.

[Anteus]

well... i don't use Joost so much and I'm not worried by that

[eBait]

Also I think PeerGuardian exists for these causes.

[Anteus]

Can't get PG to work on Vista :dance2:

[Wizard]

Interesting program. I will check out which conection are rearly nececary for Joost. Easiest way is to use a FW. Does anybody has an invitation free for me to use the programm?

[flawless51]

Interesting program. I will check out which conection are rearly nececary for Joost. Easiest way is to use a FW. Does anybody has an invitation free for me to use the programm?

https://joost.com/presents/gigaom-newteevee/