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- Eyeball
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- School Networks, a breeding ground for hackers. If you class
- yourself as a hacker then Eyeball is for you. What eyeball does is
- take a screen shot of another specified computer. It could be useful
- for Network managers, but imagine if it got into the hands of some
- Year 10 or even sixth form hacker. The main program is very well
- presented and the program is a dream to use. The station you are
- taking the screen shot of hardly slows down (if at all) so the
- unsuspecting user won't know they have had a shot taken of their
- screen.
-
- There are a number of scenarios where the program will not be able
- to take a screen shot (through no fault of its own), for example if
- the station has been protected from Peeks (using *Prot, I think). Not
- many people who use RiscOS 3 use that command now as the Notify
- option isn't so easily available (until Acorn User put a program
- which emulates this on their cover disc!). Another situation in which
- it will not be able to take a screen shot is if the computer is using
- a user defined mode (these are normally used in games).
-
- In the right hands this package can be used to keep an eye on
- hackers, but in the wrong hands it can cause chaos; imagine being
- able to read what somebody is typing in edit? Network managers should
- be made aware of PD programs like this so that young (and old)
- hackers don't get access to software which should only be available
- with the Network manager software. The !Help file does carry this
- moral message:
-
- Before using this software, the author requests that you consider
- the following: Using this software to spy on other people is a
- violation of the individual's right to privacy. IE: What someone is
- doing on their computer is their business, not yours.
-
- How many hackers do you know would lose sleep over that?
-
- 7/10
-
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