RealPlayer specifically mentions that when it What is especially egregious about this policy is that is designed to create detailed profiles of the user. RealPlayer tracks the physical locations of its users

So, because of this vague wording, it can only be assumed that RealPlayer has access to all of the media that you consume using it. 'Such information can include Information relating to your use of our products and services, for example information relating to photographs or videos you upload to RealPlayer or add to RealTimes, content you download using RealPlayer including domains associated with such content, geo-location information or patterns associated with photographs or videos to enable features in RealTimes, and activities on our websites such as pages visited ' RealPlayer collects the following information about you: It is very clearly stated in the privacy policy that In the same way that a web browser can spy on you by recording all of your internet history and showing it to the developers, RealPlayer spies on youīy recording all of media history and showing it to its developers. RealPlayer records the media you own and consume with it Receive a higher rating or a different advisory: Do not use this program. There probably is more spyware hidden in it, but it's really at such a point where it can't Since the privacy policy is so open about what it does.

RealPlayer doesn't seem to be hiding anything, No actual tests of the software were done to write this article since there isn't really a point. Realplayer knows what media you watch, what your physical location is, what computers you use, and it uses this information for advertising. To build detailed profiles of its users, such as what media they consume and what physical locations they visit, fingerprints of their computers, etc., as well as using informationįrom other spyware services like Facebook and Twitter to build these profiles. It uses information that it obtains through this spyware RealPlayer is spyware that reports all of the media you consume using it to its developers. RealPlayer, formerly RealAudio Player, RealOne Player and RealPlayer G2, is a cross-platform media player app, developed by RealNetworks.

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