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07-06-2007
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Forget about the WGA! 20+ Windows Vista Features & Services Harvest User Data for MS Forget about the WGA! 20+ Windows Vista Features and Services Harvest User Data for Microsoft - From your machine! By: Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor 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. Microsoft makes no secret about the fact that Windows Vista is gathering information. End users have little to say, and no real choice in the matter. The company does provide both a Windows Vista Privacy Statement and references within the End User License Agreement for the operating system. Combined, the resources paint the big picture over the extent of Microsoft's end user data harvest via Vista. Reading Between the EULA Lines....... What's Covered in the Vista License?...... Had Enough? I Didn't Think So!...... What Happens to My Data?...... Read the full story here at the source : http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-about-the-WGA-20-Windows-Vista-Features-and-Services-Harvest-User-Data-for-Microsoft-58752.shtml Scary stuff, Shawn Last edited by Brink; 07-11-2007 at 05:44 PM.. |
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07-08-2007
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| Vista Ultimate x64 | Re: Forget about the WGA! 20+ Windows Vista Features & Services Harvest User Data for I have a feeling Microsoft had to make a modified version for Australia. We don't give a **** about their clauses over here.  |
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07-08-2007
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Forget about the WGA! 20+ Windows Vista Features & Services Harvest User Data for Adam,  That's funny, Shawn |
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07-09-2007
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| Vista Ultimate x64 | Re: Forget about the WGA! 20+ Windows Vista Features & Services Harvest User Data for No seriously, EA was trying to do a very similar thing with ads and recording data in BF2142. They released a modified version in Australia with none of the spyware crap. Australian law rocks. |
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07-09-2007
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Forget about the WGA! 20+ Windows Vista Features & Services Harvest User Data for Wish we could do away with it here in the US. Lucky, Shawn |
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