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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. Re:I thought IT communities were meant to be... by hackwrench · · Score: 1, Troll

    Oh sure they may start out rational. But then it's like Guantanamo Bay, where they've been held for four years. They may have been innocent four years ago, but because of the incarceraton, they want to kill you.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDrhecqDoO8