On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 20:06, Richard Urwin wrote: > On Sunday 02 Mar 2003 7:19 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > For those that still have to use M$ Windows for some reason - any > > reason; just what do YOU think M$ knows when you connect to the Windows > > Update site? > > > > http://www.tecchannel.de/betriebssysteme/1126/index.html > > All very interesting in a "look what I can do" way. But not very Open Source. > Have you paid the E1.99? Is there cause to worry?
What I find so shocking about the whole bit is that M$ PROMISED that they're not spying on your system when in fact they really are. M$ has consistently gone back on their promises of privacy for end-users - even so far as changing the entire structure of their licensing agreements and out-dating their original EULA's. Sad to think that you trust someone like M$ and the original EULA that you bought a package with and less than two years later the EULA is NIL and your privacy is OPENED to them. It's very sad and very "Big Brother" - and the public is completely unaware of the true lack of privacy they have - they've been lulled into a false trust of a monopolistic and meglomaniacal company. I wonder if the Chinese - whom Big Bad Bill is going to visit, fully understand the gist of security issues by signing on the dotted line... Sorry to rant, but it's truly driving me further away from MS products. -- Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:10:01 +1100 8:10pm up 4 days, 10:13, 4 users, load average: 1.30, 1.01, 0.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. -- Groucho Marx
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