Hmmm... did I just join a botnet?
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I stream classical music from Idagio in FLAC, and the quality is very good but on some albums the volume is pretty low, requiring the preamp to go to eleven ( actually 21 on my system, but whose counting?) and this can impact playing quality, with the poor preamp gasping for breath. Two solutions - a digital booster in the PC or an additional external line-level analogue amp after the DAC. Clearly the digital s/w was the quickest and easiest solution, and my selected package was free - sort of. I installed it on the hi-fi PC and it performed most excellently - good volume boost, excellent control through a graphic equalizer, and actually improved sound quality from a 10 year old laptop, which though high-end is not up to the quality of the rest of the system. What's not to like? Well, I'll tell you - the installer also installed a 'Luminati SDK'. :wtf: Being one for due diligence, I checked them out, and it seems they are now going to use my IP for the Luminati business VPN service, they say 'only when the system is not busy'. :suss: If I wanted to build a 'volunteer' bot-net, seems this would be a good way to do it. The audio booster s/w company say that if I subscribe for a fee, they take away the SDK, but how the devil would I know? It's buried in their software, it seems. Suggestions on a postcard to Chris C-B c/o Her Majesty's Prison Service. :laugh:
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I stream classical music from Idagio in FLAC, and the quality is very good but on some albums the volume is pretty low, requiring the preamp to go to eleven ( actually 21 on my system, but whose counting?) and this can impact playing quality, with the poor preamp gasping for breath. Two solutions - a digital booster in the PC or an additional external line-level analogue amp after the DAC. Clearly the digital s/w was the quickest and easiest solution, and my selected package was free - sort of. I installed it on the hi-fi PC and it performed most excellently - good volume boost, excellent control through a graphic equalizer, and actually improved sound quality from a 10 year old laptop, which though high-end is not up to the quality of the rest of the system. What's not to like? Well, I'll tell you - the installer also installed a 'Luminati SDK'. :wtf: Being one for due diligence, I checked them out, and it seems they are now going to use my IP for the Luminati business VPN service, they say 'only when the system is not busy'. :suss: If I wanted to build a 'volunteer' bot-net, seems this would be a good way to do it. The audio booster s/w company say that if I subscribe for a fee, they take away the SDK, but how the devil would I know? It's buried in their software, it seems. Suggestions on a postcard to Chris C-B c/o Her Majesty's Prison Service. :laugh:
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I always set a restore point before I install anything, so I think I'll run that at the end of the day. They didn't try to slip the SDK in under the radar, though, they were completely up-front with it. However, I might just leave the s/w on the hi-fi machine as that is only on in the evenings, when everything else is off. Living in a Cypriot village I have a very slow connection, and if anybody tries to piggy-back on it when I'm streaming FLAC, I would be aware of it right away.
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I always set a restore point before I install anything, so I think I'll run that at the end of the day. They didn't try to slip the SDK in under the radar, though, they were completely up-front with it. However, I might just leave the s/w on the hi-fi machine as that is only on in the evenings, when everything else is off. Living in a Cypriot village I have a very slow connection, and if anybody tries to piggy-back on it when I'm streaming FLAC, I would be aware of it right away.
If you intend to keep this on your HiFi machine, I would suggest blocking the machine and the relevant ports on your router. Many home routers allow setting up rules (e.g. block machine X on ports Y,Z), which would allow everything else to work normally while disabling VPN connectivity only on the HiFi machine.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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If you intend to keep this on your HiFi machine, I would suggest blocking the machine and the relevant ports on your router. Many home routers allow setting up rules (e.g. block machine X on ports Y,Z), which would allow everything else to work normally while disabling VPN connectivity only on the HiFi machine.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
