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EPIC Urges State AGs to Pursue Microsoft Passport

Posted by michael on from the license-to-surf dept.

An anonymous submitter sent: "The Electronic Privacy Information Center has sent a letter to all state attorneys general urging them to pursue Microsoft Passport under state consumer protection laws."

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  1. Privacy? by Kris+Warkentin · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "You have no privacy. Get over it."
    -Scott McNealy

    --

    In Soviet Russia, hot grits put YOU down THEIR pants.
  2. Microsoft... a marketing company by MrIcee · · Score: 1, Redundant
    This is just further proof (not that we did not know this already) that Microsoft has shifted focus from being a software house (hahahahahahahaha) to now being a information database for sale.

    One way to make them crumble is to USE passport and wallet on machines where you do not intend to purchase... and ALWAYS use bogus information. Their databases will become useless quickly if it is filled with info that is worthless to the people purchasing the databases.

    Another thought is.... if this info is constantly sent to microsoft, including your browsing habits... how hard would it be to write a program that does noting but browse browse browse... if it was built simliar to SETI, etc... and distributed among a quarter million PC's... that should flood Microsoft servers with enough *data* to cause them some grief.

    As far as microsoft goes... I'm all for spoofing... lieing to them, and filling their drives with useless crap - just as they have filled my drives.