Winamp asks you if it can report anonymous usage statistics. And AFAIK it doesn't use any form of encrypted transmission to do so, so people can check the content of the message. Not to mention that Winamp is produced by a well-established company who could be held responsible if something were malicious in Winamp. I'm not saying sivayash's program does do anything unwholesome, I'm saying it could, and neither you nor I know for sure one way or the other. I'm not willing to take the risk (hypothetically that is, since transparency doesn't float my boat anyway), and given the extreme amount of spyware and malware found on the average person's computer perhaps we'd all be a little bit better off if everyone were more careful about taking these sorts of risks.
