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Microsoft Denies the Windows Kill Switch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pirates-beware dept.

WindozeSux writes "Microsoft has denied that WGA will kill pirated copies of Windows. According to Waggener Edstrom,"Microsoft anti-piracy technologies cannot and will not turn off your computer." Microsoft also says that WGA is a necessary part of its campaign to catch those illegally using Windows XP which leads one to think what WGA really does then."

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  1. wow by JustNiz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Microsoft has denied that WGA will kill pirated copies of Windows. According to Waggener Edstrom,"Microsoft anti-piracy technologies cannot and will not turn off your computer."

    Nice redirection there. The accusation is that it will kill windows (i.e. corrupt files, bios or flash), he responds as if it was about powering down your PC.

    I guess that meas it does corrupt files or whatever, otherwise he would have just said it.