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Microsoft plans better disclosures of tool (It Phones home Daily)
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| 06-07-2006
| ALLISON LINN
Posted on 06/07/2006 7:44:21 PM PDT by zeugma
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The company said the undisclosed daily check is a safety measure designed to allow the tool, called Windows Genuine Advantage, to quickly shut down in case of a malfunction. For example, if the company suddenly started seeing a rash of reports that Windows copies were pirated, it might want to shut down the program to make sure it wasn't delivering false results.Did the spokesman just think this one up while he was at the podium or what? Talk about lame. Since the tool supposedly doesn't do anything to interfere with Windows operation if it thinks the copy is pirate, why would it need an emergency shutdown? I smell manure.
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06/08/2006 7:43:09 AM PDT
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Still Thinking
(Disregard the law of unintended consequences at your own risk.)
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