08 Jun 2006
Microsoft's antipiracy tool phones home daily

Here's a file with a well known name and a defined location that cannot be removed, is non-critical for correct system operation, is relatively small and is allowed by the system firewall to make network connections at will.

All I can say is that Microsoft has absolutely no concept of security at all. None. And that's a genuine disadvantage to running Windows.

Company vows to notify people better about Windows Genuine Advantage's check-in feature, as a critic likens it to spyware.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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