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End User Licensing Agreements–Analyzer
Source: Javacool Software
EULAlyzer 1.0
“End user license agreements (EULAs) are the bane of most computer users. No one wants to read through pages and pages of boring text before installing a program. And many programs put their license agreements in small windows that require lots of scrolling. So many people either skim them or skip reading them altogether. But it can be dangerous not to read license agreements…. If you aren’t reading the license agreements, you have no idea what you could be agreeing to…. EULAlyzer can analyze license agreements in seconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. Discover if the software you’re about to install displays pop-up ads, transmits personally identifiable information, uses unique identifiers to track you, or much much more.” Free download for Windows.
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Phishing
Source: O’Reilly Network
What Is Phishing (Or, How to Fight Phishing at the User-Interface Level)
“A phishing attack succeeds when a user is tricked into forming an inaccurate mental model of an online interaction and thus takes actions that have effects contrary to the user’s intentions. Because inferring a user’s intentions can be difficult, building an automated system to protect users from phishing attacks is a challenging problem.”

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