Privacy and CDC32

As far as personal information, Dwyco, Inc. neither collects nor requires you to enter any personal information. Dwyco software NEVER installs spyware, adware, popup advertisers, or any other mystery-ware. If you enter an email address in the Setup|user... dialog (and you are not required to enter one), that email address is used ONLY for the purposes of delivering your password to you, or to notify you via email of special Dwyco news (we've only done 3 mailings in 10 years, just to give you an idea of how often we do this.) Dwyco NEVER makes its mailing list available to third parties, for any reason.

Here are some things to keep in mind when you are setting up CDC32. These things pertain mostly to controlling how and when and who calls you. Also, some notes about the privacy of CDC32 communications is described.

If you want to avoid the possibility of someone eavsdropping on your conversations (either accidentally or intentionally), enable Call Screening in the Setup|Calls to accept... dialog by UNchecking Accept Calls Automatically. When you do this, you will be notified of all call attempts (except for those automatically rejected due to limitations on the number of calls), and be given a chance to accept or reject the call. Call screening is enabled by default when you first install CDC32.
Depending on the method used to call, the text/audio/video of a private call will either go directly between the computers, or through the server that is assisting a "server-assisted call." Dwyco, Inc. maintains the directory server, so data you have in your Setup|User... dialog box is visible to other users (with the exception of your email address.) If you prefer not to have any data going through Dwyco servers, you can disable server-assisted calling in Setup|Ports/UPnp... . However, be aware that many calls cannot be completed directly because of firewalls and routers.
Zap Messages can be temporarily stored on the main Dwyco Server.
CDC32 data is not encrypted. This means that while it is not simple to eavesdrop on a conversation, it is possible for someone with advanced packet sniffing equipment listening to the Internet to collect the information and decode it. While this is very unlikely, Dwyco Inc. wants to make sure its users are properly informed on the limitations of using CDC32 for secure communications. Future versions of CDC32 will address this problem.
CDC32 Zap message authorization information is encrypted when sent over the network to the Dwyco server. This means nobody should be able to get your password and pretend they are you and fetch your Zap messages. However, if someone has access to your PC, they can mess with your zap messages if you have elected to save your zap message password.
If you have only certain people you want to communicate with, use the password feature in the Setup|Calls to Accept... dialog. You can block out all callers that don't provide the password.
If you want to be the initiator of all calls (i.e., no one can call you, period) simply check the "never allow direct calls or zap messages" item in the Setup|calls to accept... dialog.
Some versions of CDC32 contain a "no-forward" flag you can set on your zap messages. Checking this option disables the ability of the recipient of the message to use CDC32's forward button to send the message along to a third party. However, keep in mind that anything that can be displayed on a computer screen can be copied in a variety of ways outside of CDC32's control.
As far as personal information: Dwyco Inc. neither collects nor requires you to enter any personal information. The information you enter in the Setup|User... dialog box (with the exception of your email address) is displayed in the public directory while you are online. Dwyco, Inc. never makes its mailing list available to third parties. Dwyco software NEVER installs spyware, adware, or other popup or mystery software.