MicroSoft Talks Daily With Your Computer

Funny how the infamous EULA does not specify this? Isn't it?

"Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform users
that its tool for determining whether a computer is running a pirated copy
of Windows also quietly checks in daily with the software maker. The
company said the undisclosed daily check is a safety measure designed to
allow the tool, called Windows Genuine Advantage, to quickly shut down in
case of a malfunction." The EULA is suppose to disclosed this daily call in
feature. Lauren Weinstein, who is co-founder of People for Internet
Responsibility, was one of the first people to notice the daily
communications to Microsoft. Report from Yahoo.com"

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-- Imhotep

Re: MicroSoft Talks Daily With Your Computer

"imhotep" wrote in message
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> Funny how the infamous EULA does not specify this? Isn't it?
>
> "Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform
> users
. . .

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/08/0119253&from =rss
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060607/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_mo nitoring_piracy;_ylt=AujEpciXDaznfIp7roidcYMjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDM TA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM> -- Imhotep>All the same, more people should read their EULA.txt agreement.I recall some universities that deeply deliberated over the internetservicing related clauses when they first appeared with XP . . .--ra

Re: MicroSoft Talks Daily With Your Computer

Roger Abell [MVP] wrote:

> "imhotep" wrote in message
> news:qPqdnQuFsbTiERrZnZ2dnUVZ_rOdnZ2d@adelphia.com...
>
>> Funny how the infamous EULA does not specify this? Isn't it?
>>
>> "Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform
>> users
> . . .
>
> http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/08/0119253&from =rss
>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060607/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_mo nitoring_piracy;_ylt=AujEpciXDaznfIp7roidcYMjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDM TA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM>
> -- Imhotep>All the same, more people should read their EULA.txt
> agreement.I recall some universities that deeply deliberated over the
> internetservicing related clauses when they first appeared with XP . .
> .--ra

True. Microsoft get's away with alot of stuff be cause most people do not
read that stupid thing....

anyway...

Imhotep