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  <h1>Paint.NET</h1>
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Paint.NET is a freeware image editor program for Microsoft Windows.
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  <h2>Spyware Level: <font color="yellowgreen">Low</font></h2>
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Paint.NET contains some spyware features, but also claims in its privacy information<sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup> to not be spyware.
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  <h3>Paint.NET is closed source software</h3>
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It's impossible to build Paint.NET from source and read its source code to verify that it is not spyware. Therefore, it is impossible to prove that Paint.NET is not spyware.
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  <h3>Paint.NET is self-updating software</h3>
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Paint.NET contains an updater that downloads new version of Paint.NET. This updater also downloads a file from paint.net's website to check for new versions, which is a form of phoning home.
(I didn't check what protocol or kind of request it makes, though) This can be disabled, however, and you should disable it. Paint.NET also will phone home when you install or update the software.<sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup>
So the only way to avoid this is to block the program from accessing the internet, and disabling all updates.
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  <a name="1">1.</a>
  <a href="https://www.getpaint.net/privacy.html">Privacy Information</a>
  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043929/https://www.getpaint.net/privacy.html">[web.archive.org]</a>
  <a href="http://archive.is/aGtsl">[archive.is]</a>
  <a href="http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091015145021/http://www.getpaint.net/privacy.html">[arquivo.pt]</a>
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  This article was last edited on 6/1/2018
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thy first commit 2020-02-07 09:12:15 +02:00			`<p>`
			`Paint.NET is a freeware image editor program for Microsoft Windows.`
			`</p>`
			`<h2>Spyware Level: <font color="yellowgreen">Low</font></h2>`
			`<p>`
			`Paint.NET contains some spyware features, but also claims in its privacy information<sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup> to not be spyware.`
			`</p>`
			`<h3>Paint.NET is closed source software</h3>`
			`<p>`
			`It's impossible to build Paint.NET from source and read its source code to verify that it is not spyware. Therefore, it is impossible to prove that Paint.NET is not spyware.`
			`</p>`
			`<h3>Paint.NET is self-updating software</h3>`
			`<p>`
			`Paint.NET contains an updater that downloads new version of Paint.NET. This updater also downloads a file from paint.net's website to check for new versions, which is a form of phoning home.`
fix typos 2020-07-30 14:34:56 +03:00			`(I didn't check what protocol or kind of request it makes, though) This can be disabled, however, and you should disable it. Paint.NET also will phone home when you install or update the software.<sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup>`
fixed file paths, added notice 2020-02-08 10:09:18 +02:00			`So the only way to avoid this is to block the program from accessing the internet, and disabling all updates.`
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			`<a href="https://www.getpaint.net/privacy.html">Privacy Information</a>`
			`<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043929/https://www.getpaint.net/privacy.html">[web.archive.org]</a>`
			`<a href="http://archive.is/aGtsl">[archive.is]</a>`
			`<a href="http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091015145021/http://www.getpaint.net/privacy.html">[arquivo.pt]</a>`
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