Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "David B." Newsgroups: microsoft.public.test Subject: Re: The EtreCheck trust problem: Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 21:32:20 +0000 Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <6927400a$1$23$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6927904d$0$21$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Reply-To: boaterdave@hotmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net KNFDXea/tOIWvly9evtQ8QmQWWwMD0A4PsgVm7sn/de6gYUyHc Cancel-Lock: sha1:hNubpQuFBLpR3D35PPmcYoaanbg= sha256:AJpd4eO4qFChEYG+Z/jr9333jc/oDbqNYELkYSITlzY= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <6927904d$0$21$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Xref: csiph.com microsoft.public.test:189 On 26/11/2025 23:42, Brock McNuggets wrote: > On Nov 26, 2025 at 3:48:55 PM MST, ""David B."" wrote > : > >> On 26/11/2025 22:25, David B. wrote: >>> On 26/11/2025 17:59, Brock McNuggets wrote: >>>> On Nov 26, 2025 at 10:42:57 AM MST, ""David B."" wrote >>>> : >>> [....] >>>>> You could ask him to show you the source code for EtreCheck! >>>> >>>> If it was open source it would be available. No need to ask. >>>> >>>> If it is not open source he would have no reason to share it with me. >>>> >>>> The question would not make sense either way. >>>> >>>> But the bigger issue is your focus on him. PLEASE leave him alone. >>>> Please! >>> >>> >>> Would a real, professional, developer do this? >>> >>> https://i.ibb.co/LXW7WNgK/Screenshot-2025-11-26-at-22-17-55.png >>> //Several years ago, I snuck into the Eaton Centre Apple Store to run >>> some EtreCheck reports on their computers. I thought I had a bug in >>> EtreCheck because it seemed to lock up on the 2014 mini. But eventually, >>> the report showed up. That brand new computer was the slowest computer I >>> had ever tested on. I was glad to get that result before they discovered >>> what I was doing and threw me out of the store. 😄 // >>> >>> I will forward the real, live, email to you. >> >> Email sent to you! > > I would say that is not professional at all. In what way have I ever hurt him? https://i.ibb.co/wh8gzSjv/Screenshot-2025-11-27-at-21-28-48.png