XP, Phone Home

Randomeyes writes: "The Register reports that Windows XP has functionality built-in to the Search Companion module that allows Microsoft to log users internet searches. Information collected includes user IP address, search term and related information. A cookie is also set. 'TrustUnWorthy Computing' anyone?" Tanveer1979 writes: though, that "the bright side is that it doesn't send anything to internet, it only downloads files, and compares the files on your computer with the files on server. And I guess a little effort is needed for the malicious to program it to send your data to web."

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How do they get away

[tanveer1979]

What I am wodering is hodo companies get away with this kind of stuff. People are ready to sue over stuped things, this is damn serious. Tommorow somebody writes a crack that uses the same guy to send my credit card numbers to the net where do I go.

Its high time something is done about this bullshit. Well I rang up my local microsoft office and abused them left right and cent. That gave me a lt of satisfaction and happiness :-). And I" guess all the people who use XP are also going to do the same :-)