I appreciate "shaplus" for the enthusiasm in developing the software to make things simple - and also for letting others to use the software. We all know it really hurts if the best intentions are criticised.[/b]
Thanks for all your positive remarks.
There are a lot of uninformed users of internet who don't know what to suspect - so it is the responsibility of the software developer to explain them on such things even if they do not ask - and that is how people succeeded on the internet.[/b]
It is right that good FAQ is essential for a product. But in this case what happened is that it is not a full fledged program. Actually, i did'nt have plans for distributing it, until I found it very useful for me. Also the scope of this application is very limited. Maybe tommorrow onwards BSNL can start providing total Bandwidth in its site. So I did'nt mind spending too much time on it.
I don't think the firewall explanation is valid. Such a solution definitely needs your password to be read by a script at the "shaplus.com" - and it is to the discretion of the folks at shaplus.com as to what they should do with the passwords[/b]
I think you have misunderstood, what the program does. It does not send password to shaplus.com. It just logon to dataone site, retrieve the service records and do the calculations. Why I suggested using Firewall is because it can show you which are the applications that connect to the internet and to which sites it is connecting. Or you can use a fire wall to restrict an application to connect to only a given site. so no question of sending the password to shaplus.com or any other site.
As for the religion, no one gives a damn, and I don't even refer any such sites to my friends, if I see a "religion" attached to the site/
business.[/b]
I respect your views, you can have your own ideals. I am a freelance programmer and I develop programs in different areas of my interest.