As far as I know the downloader utilities he is talking about to not currenly run on Linux, so there is no issue.  

There is not really a "security" issue, but a "privacy" issue with these applications.  They track who is downloading what, from where, and when.

Dusty


> 
> I'm not familer with the code ot fully understand this:
> How does the spyware aspects of Realplayer (as posted on grc
> http://grc.com/downloaders.htm  affect Linux? (From a security point of
> view?)
> mathisha
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