____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Monday 05 May 2008 20:40 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Homer
> <usenet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sun, 04 May 2008 18:39:03 +0100
> <nu81f5-hnu.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Verily I say unto thee, that ~flyer~ spake thusly:
>>> Body
>>
>> You mean this?:
>>
>> [quote]
>> Are you using Windows Vista? Then you might as well know that the
>> licensed operating system installed on your machine is harvesting a
>> healthy volume of information for Microsoft. In this context, a program
>> such as the Windows Genuine Advantage is the last of your concerns. In
>> fact, in excess of 20 Windows Vista features and services are hard at
>> work collecting and transmitting your personal data to the Redmond company.
>> [/quote]
>>
>>
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-about-the-WGA-20-Windows-Vista-Features-and-Services-Harvest-User-Data-for-Microsoft-58752.shtml
>>
>
> Oooh, reprisal of Windows 95 Information Gathering.
> I still remember the fuss that caused...though in this
> case the market will probably simply nod their heads as
> they're far more worried about their next tank of gas or
> loaf of bread.
>
> But we'll see.
It'll get worse over time. Greed, prevalence and complacency make staged
introduction possible. Just look at Vista, aka Windows on DRMroids.
Microsoft's probes (intelligence), which include getting a list of all the
software you have installed (studying the rivals using unfair advantage), is
just the beginning and very old news.
Wait until the US find another excuse to enter another war and then disables
all the PCs (including some military equipment) of the country it fights
against. Only then would the world finally wake up. Microsoft's customers are
the governments, the media industry, maybe the OEMs but surely not the actual
users.
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