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5 stars
Version: RescueTime Data Collector 1.0.2.01
"This might be nice..."
Pros: I haven't yet evaluated this tool, but I've been interested in obtaining a tool like this one for a while now. It sounds like a great tool for self-assessment. You can't beat the price on it, too.
Cons: I have a lot of concerns regarding security. If RescueTime is collecting data on my computer usage, then how do I know that they are not also recording keystrokes, gathering the contents of incoming packets, etc? Who, besides me, has access to my data? I'd install this in a second, if I had some valid assurances that the data collected would in no way be used against me by RescueTime or some other third-party entity.
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(one of the founders here). There's really no assurances you can get that'd be valid other than the fact that we're a funded company (with some reputable investors) and we've been all over the place (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc). Once you double-click an executable, the app can pretty much do ANYTHING. Of course, I imagine we'd be flagged as malware by antivirus apps pretty quickly.
For what it's worth, we collect window title, URL (if you're in a browser), start time, and end time. We don't log ANY keystrokes.
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