Watching the 360 vs. Tencent battle

The battle between 360 and Tencent has intensified over the past two days. From their online mudslinging in October to the pop-up ad war the day before yesterday, Tencent, along with Baidu and Kingsoft, protested 360's "unfair" competition. 360, in turn, directly exposed the companies' egregious practices. (For the latest updates, click [url=http://www.taojing.name]My Database[/url])

Most netizens are watching this battle closely. QQ and 360 are two indispensable tools for many netizens, especially QQ, which almost everyone has. But who is right and who is wrong in this battle? For most people, it's completely confusing because we have no idea what happened. 360 claims QQ invaded user privacy, while QQ denies this. The two companies are locked in a fierce battle, each presenting evidence that seems to prove their own righteousness. As a netizen who doesn't understand the underlying principles, it's difficult to distinguish who is lying.
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However, let's analyze this rationally. 360, for the sake of user interests and its own principles and development, reported Tencent for spying on privacy. Tencent, the internet giant, wasn't willing to be unjustly attacked by a small company like 360, and thus began its counterattack and attempt to prove itself. I believe Tencent didn't intentionally spy on user privacy; this kind of spying should be categorized as scanning (my personal understanding). As a large company, it has no need to use such methods to spy on privacy, but 360 seized on this very scanning—why would a perfectly good communication tool like QQ scan hard drives?

This is a problem with Tencent. Tencent is known as the king of imitation; they can copy anything and enter any field. I remember most clearly hearing the Tencent CEO say that Counter-Strike copied CrossFire. That shows how audacious Tencent is. This scan was likely done by Tencent's security tools. We know Tencent has a security tool, similar to antivirus software, that protects QQ, hence this problem. It's a shame that a perfectly good chat tool has to involve antivirus software.

Most netizens voiced their support for 360, while the majority scoffed at Tencent's copycat behavior, suggesting Tencent should reflect on its actions. Of course, some supported Tencent, but using 360's predecessor as a pretext is untenable. Early internet malware was somewhat of a service to the people, only later becoming corrupted by profit. Besides, 360 doesn't make malware, so why dwell on its predecessor?