Sorry to plug some self-promoting link here, but I believe it might be of
interest to some.
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| It also dawned upon me that Internet Explorer 7 was, for some reason,
| becoming a 'high priority?' update which would inevitable affect Windows
| XP users (it does not work with Windows 2000 or earlier versions of
| Windows). One shallow speculation says that it's just part of the fight
| against Firefox and other standards-compliant rivals, but let us look a
| little deeper. The anti-phishing component of Internet Explorer 7 gives
| Microsoft a trail of everyone's behaviour on Web sites. Microsoft has
| vocally expressed its intention to use this data for refinement of
| search engine results, which means that data retention will be a part of
| the deal. So, anyone using IE7 will essentially be watched by Microsoft.
| Sites; addresses; the whole deal! It?s nothing less than spyware in
| that respect. Combine this with WGA and the fact that Windows is
| 'phoning' Redmond regularly. This gives IP-to-identity matching. So,
| if you carry on with Windows, you are merely a peon under the eye of
| Microsoft and those which it collaborates with. Not only will your
| activity on the Web be monitored, but so will your files (just
| potentially, to be on the safe side).
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| Update: A new comment on my previous item suggests that France and
| Germany already sued for NSA spying in Windows.
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