____/ ~flyer~ on Sunday 04 May 2008 23:33 : \____
> Homer wrote:
>> 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
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>
> Thanks!!
> Well that looks familiar, but there are a number of others, and I assume
> that Roy would have them all assembled in a nice pile. I know there is
> SLOT going on in all that hidden code.
I listed some examples of back doors and spyware antifeatures a few days ago.
It's at http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/30/binary-bridges-and-security/
It's more of an analysis of impact on Novell, but the reasons it was brought up
was COFEE. Only an idiotic company like Microsoft would happily become the
best friend of ***any*** nanny nation around the globe (UK and NZ included) by
giving master keys away. How stupid is that? These will be passed or sold...
even stolen. As Schneier pointed out a few days ago (not exactly the same
words), "how long before the whole hacker community gets hold of just /one/ of
those?"
Insane.
Later on Microsoft wonders why there are 320,000,000 Windows zombies on the
Internet harvesting people's data, sending SPAM, attacking Web sites, etc.
Microsoft did this to itself.
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