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Phoning home, in computing, refers to an act of client to server communication where a client device or client application software reports its location on a network, the currently logged on user, or any other information to a server computer. Generally the user and/or proprietor of the device or software does not want this kind of communication behind their back.
Phoning home may be useful for the proprietor in tracking a missing or stolen computer. This type of phoning home is frequently used on mobile computers at corporations. It typically involves a software agent which is difficult to detect or remove. However, there are malicious types of phoning home such as surreptitious communication between applications or hardware installed at end-user sites and their manufacturers or developers. The traffic may be encrypted to make it difficult or impractical for the end-user to ascertain what data is being transmitted.[citation needed]
There are some uses for the phoning home practice that are legal in some countries, for example:
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included rappers Juvenile, B.G., and Young Turk. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live! that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album Tha Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S.
Although his next two albums Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2002) were not as successful (only reaching Gold status), Lil Wayne reached higher popularity in 2004 with Tha Carter, which included the single "Go D.J." Wayne also appeared on the Destiny's Child top ten single "Soldier" that year. In 2005, the sequel to Tha Carter, Tha Carter II, was released. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne released several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles. His most successful album, Tha Carter III, was released in 2008 and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It included the number-one single "Lollipop" featuring Static Major. It also includes the singles "A Milli" and "Got Money" featuring T-Pain and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
Take fire out of Heaven's clenched
Fist cracks slip between my desire
To keep your broken heart bleeding
Just hold tight and tell another fuckin' joke
To pacify the urge for suicide
You know, it won't keep waitin'
So you say goodbye
'Cause I never want to hear another word about you and I
You know, you never stop
Now we started out just running out
Spreading like wings
And we are one
I pulled you right out of the gutter
When I could have bee lined
We started out just running out
Spreading like wings
And what were we supposed to do?
You belong to me
And what are we supposed to do?
Suck it in, spit it out, you know that two's a crowd
Expectant mother's stillborn baby beauty cries aloud
And tries to tell you what I'm about
Now don't you worry about a little thing
Like this it only hurts just a bit I promise
I'm gonna take you a mile high
So don't you cry 'cause it'll just be
Baby baby baby nonstop
Until the end of the night, so keep your mouth shut
We started out just running out
Spreading like wings
And we are one
I pulled you right out of the gutter
When I could have bee lined
We started out just running out
Spreading like wings
And what were we supposed to do?
You belong to me
And what are we supposed to do?
I can tell, you're a good fuck
Just by the way you wear that innocent look
Don't you know that enough is never enough
I made you now you are property, I can't discard
We started out just running out
Spreading like wings