Vista to Include Stepped up Anti-Piracy Measures

snuffin writes to tell us the Washington Post is reporting that Microsoft announced stepped up anti-piracy measures being implemented in their latest operating system, Vista. From the article: "If a legitimate copy is not bought within 30 days, the system will curtail functionality much further by restricting users to just the Web browser for an hour at a time, said Thomas Lindeman, Microsoft senior product manager." Ars Technica also has coverage available on this new development.

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Re:Are you kidding me

[DigiShaman]

...no ways I am letting MS install software on **MY** computer that can prevent me from accessing **MY** data .

Which brings up an interesting point.

With the amount of data users keep on record (in specific, the Slashdot crowd), why would you ever keep all your files on one PC? If you're serious about accessibility to your data, I would suggest a remote network storage device or two. This way, you can still access your data on your own network with another machine should your primary one fail.

I'm not defending Microsoft here. I'm just stating that having access to personal data these days has become too important to leave in the clutches of one PC's hard drive. Lots of things go wrong be it virus, spyware, driver, or botched OS update. Adding a horked up product activation only adds one more variable to this issue. But by no means should it be a primary concern.