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Re: [News] Washington Post: Windows Spies on Users Without Their Consent

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> http://digg.com/software/Microsoft_Scanning_your_computer_for_piracy
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | The Washington Post is reporting that a recent update by Microsoft is
> | now scanning people's machines to see if they have valid license, and
> | reporting back to Microsoft, all without user intervention.
> `----

I thought that they had been doing this for a while. Software phoning home
seems to becoming the norm. I've heard that even printer software does it.

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Regards,

M

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