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All Microsoft Updates Phone Home

Posted by samzenpus on from the always-watching-you dept.

juct writes "In the wake of heise Security's report on the garrulous WGA Notification, Microsoft has now supplied additional details on the data sent. They have revealed to developers that apparently all updates relay information to the company in Redmond."

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  1. Not really... by alexandreracine · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They have revealed to developers that apparently all updates relay information to the company in Redmond.


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  2. Re:All updates relay Information... by QRDeNameland · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Changing their website privacy statement is not a fundamental change which explains why they can't do updates without phoning home, as they did previously.

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