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Examining Microsoft Update
eggsovereasy writes "The Inquirer is reporting that a group in Germany has deciphered the information sent to Microsoft during an update using Windows Update and says that information on all software installed on your computer is sent, even that which is not Microsoft's own software." The original article is, unfortunately, pay-per-view. Update: 02/26 18:19 GMT by T : ionyka points to this "related article from ITWorld that deals with Microsoft's transferring of information through Windows Media Player. When you open up Media Player it sends information back to Microsoft like what movies you play, what songs you listen to and where they come from."
In related news: green mice were found to be green and mice.
Fleur de Sel
Trying to figure what other companies they should push out of business.
How can we comment, if we can't read the article?
Oh, wait...
i'll bet it totally gets confused if WinXP iteslf is pirated in the first place =]
along with Office and just about everything on the computer..oh well...I guess the police outside are for me
got the new ultra psyware
Great! Where can I get psyware? I've been looking for a way to get rid of my mouse and keyboard. Dos it allow a USB 2.0 connection to my nervous system, or does it use 1394?
GF.
Lots of petrified grits
Their defense: The information is sent right before this message appears.
word.
> or does it use 1394?
I think it uses 1984.
"Evil! Pure and simple from the eighth dimension!"
What I want to know is why fricking Windows Media Player tries to "Phone home" all the time? That thing is harder to get rid of than the clap, and about half as useful. I have my firewall specifically tuned to stomp on it every time it opens its digital mouth.
This is hardly a surprise, and definitely adds a good bit of weight to all those people who call Palladium the death of privacy.
Just my 2.34539 yen worth.
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
You mean they can see my Kenny G. pr0n screensaver?!?!?!?
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Dear Steven,
Good point. Your previous Slashdot postings are also good, except for that one about Linux.
Sincerely, Bill G.
The more data that gets sent to microsoft, the harder it becomes to manage. Someone should figure out a way to send them Junk data with wrong version numbers. Windows 3.11 running IE 6.0... that'll leave them scratching there heads.
You cow-orker was right.
Now, look here, there's no need to be mean.
-Waldo Jaquith
Ah good. I though I had lost all my registry information when my computer last crashed. I hate having to lookup registry keys and reset settings. Now I know I just need to e-mail Microsoft for them.
Microsoft? I need the registries for someone who is listed as John P. Meezly under Office, Cathy A. Ray, and someone who goes by the handle Scuzzlebug when they write their e-mail. Oh, and someone who had a working copy of Photoshop (versions 6 or 7, don't care). AMD processors on Asus motherboards only, please.
That should do it...
Car analogies work about as well as a Ford Pinto with a keg of beer in the passenger seat.
I am running Win 3.11 with IE 6.0 and what you're suggesting will interfere with my support!
device management and system configuration in ONE GODDAMMED FUCKING LOCATION
Sorry, that would be too obvious and simple. Everyone is currently far to busy writing biff replacements and theme engines. Anyway, if they made one part easy to use, then they'd have to make something else hard in order to make you feel inferior. Like rotating your screen 90 degrees to the left, or using forcing the use of Elvish fonts.
The Devil came to Redmond, looking for some souls to steal,
and there he met with Billy G, who was just about to make a deal.
Said the Devil, "Hey Billy, you look bored, would you care to make a bet?"
And Billy he smiled slyly, and said "Dude, there ain't a deal that I've missed yet."
So the Devil took his keyboard and showed Billy his new game,
Saying "I wrote this quick, in VB6, now see if you can do the same."
Billy G, he just smiled his smile, and took the keyboard away,
and said, "Devil, you're behind the times, and you clicked on the EULA,
"Now you've run Windows Update, and your soul belongs to me."
And the Devil knew he'd met his match, so he turned and tried to flee,
But Billy G was much to fast, and he caught the Devil's long black cape,
Saying, "Devil, stay and play a while, we have a whole wide world to rape."
Sig for sale or rent. One previous user. Inquire within.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\IllegalMicrosoftStuff\ BillGatesVISAnumber\8605412399653153
h Da te\2003.06.21
.... hey, why not have some fun with it? q:]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MSKillerVirus\Launc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Linux\"format c:\; install Linux"
MadCow.
I used to have a sig, but I set it free and it never came back.
Anyone has an idea what could be achieved by sending fake information ?
Their defense: Let's prosecute those german hackers.
I installed all my best software on an ext3 partition!
Ha! Take that Mr. Gates!
Of course now they will probable start including ext3 drivers in the next Windoze.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
In case Slashdot readers have not been paying attention, Microsoft now promotes trustworthy computing. Trust is a two-way relationship; therefore, now that we are able to compute with MS products in confidence, it stands to reason that the same level of trust extends from Microsoft to users. The writer of this article evidently has not kept up with recent news.
It's only funny until someone gets hurt. Then, it's hilarious.
> A cow-orker of mine...
> I should have taken him out back and beaten him
> with a frozen salmon.
That will teach him for orking cows.
You know that's just the sort of thing that
brought about the genocide of the Canaanites.
-I like my women like I like my tea: green-
Yes... Before you do that, you might want to consider how embarrasing it might be when people find out you've been watching Debbie Does Dallas on your office PC.
Oh Mr. Jones, blackmail is such an ugly word...
And will you be buying another thousand Office licenses? Wonderful! So nice to do business with you Mr. Jones...
- "History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men" -- Blue Oyster Cult, 'Godzilla'
I treid to get Adware to remove Windows but it didn't work.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Every time I see "BSA" I think "Boy Scouts of America".