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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."
Close your web browser, shut down your fucking linux "b0xen" and go outside for once in your life.
I think the fact that a site like slashdot, which caters to you fucking nerds out there, can't even
survive without having to charge you for reading it, says alot about how much you fucks are worth to the rest of the world: ZERO.
This should serve as a wakeup call to all you nerds out there who think that working on your b0xen in your one bedroom apartment, posting useless shit to a useless web site like slashdot and reading about the newest version of OpenBSD that can run on your fucking Dreamcast console is a good way to go through life.
So wake the fuck up and DO something productive, something that makes money. Stop wasting your time talking about open source fucking garbage that will never amount to anything useful.
They'll end when you tell your mother to let me asshump her bareback, scat-style. I get tired of waiting for her to douche her slit, give herself a Fleet's, and force me to wear 5 condoms at once.
If you set up Outlook Express to access a Hotmail account, it checks for messages, even when you're not logged in. The login screen shows the number of waiting messages. I don't really use my Hotmail account (just use it for spam bait when I need to give an e-mail address). So, when I boot up my system, the login screen shows the number of waiting messages.
Pretty spooky to have your system checking mail for you even before you've asked it to, and displaying the results ON THE LOGIN SCREEN for the whole world to see. It's a pretty minimal information leak, but still, it shouldn't be happening. I've found no way to turn it off, at least none that actually work.
Win XP is basically Win2000 with an AOL interface. At my next 6-month reinstall, I'm going back.
I mean, for Christ's sakes, Google logs my search terms when I search, along with my IP address! That's how pagerank works! How can you not expect them to log your search terms?!?
If you freaks (in general) aren't happy with this, I suggest you stop using search engines.
Take your head OUT of your ASS and speak clearly...