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From: ANTant{at}zimage.com (Ant)
Subject: Re: What is a good free desktop screen recorder for very old,
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> > Are you referring to http://screencast-o-matic.com/getappdownload
> > for its EXE? If so, then I am using that.

> Yes, that was what I was referring to. :-)

> But it is trying to phone home ?   In that case, it is possible it tries to
> check for an update -- yes, without your explicit say-so.  I don't like that
> behaviour either.   Although it is possible that you can disable it in the
> settings somewhere.

Yeah, but it wanted more after that like encoding videos (not 
uploading). I e-mailed the company, but never got an answer. :/


> Its also possible that the program, just like Win10, "just"
wants to gather
> some "metrics" from you.   Its the price you are supposed to
be willing to
> pay for "free" stuff (in other words: don't expect other
current software to
> behave differently).

> If you're lucky the reason for the programs need to go online is described
> in the programs documentation and/or EULA ...

:(
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