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So what happens to any data "mined" out of those daily logs?

The data is no more pernicious or dangerous than data mined from Web server clicks.

... note that this does not include IP addys. Oh, there's more:

The only thing that this is useful for is delivering ads to you via Media Player. They can't send you email or contact you in any other way.

Beauty. Simply by loading Windows Media Player, you have given Microsoft & Friends your permission to use any information the client can grab any way they want.

What a load of crap. The data that they gather is limited to IP address and a guid. It isn't useful for any purpose.

So if someday WindowsMedia.com falls over and everybody's media viewing habits shows up on a web site somewhere, with IPs and all, nobody can sue because nobody has a leg to stand on since everybody implicitly said it was OK for MS to collect and store all of that data.

You might as well complain about Amazon or Ebay or any other site falling over. It's no different. Why the distinction?

And the NBMers just sit and wonder why nobody trusts Microsoft.

Nobody wonders. It's obvious that you're unable to differentiate between fantasy and reality.

Look, before you go ballistic on me, understand that I'm NOT saying that this is happening. I'm only saying that it's POSSIBLE. There is a RISK. The technology is there. The legal CYA disclaimers are there. Think about it.

Considering the information -- an IP address and a guid -- I think most people would laugh at your paranoia. They give away far more information while browsing around the Web clicking on various things than Media Player will ever gather.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

Seek treatment. You might need an anti-anxiety medication. The signs are all there.

I think most people would laugh at your paranoia.

Oh, right, you're incapable of rational thought. Okay, fine. I get paid to analyze possibilities and to plan for them. It's a simple concept known as "better safe than sorry".

Seek treatment. You might need an anti-anxiety medication. The signs are all there.

Practicing psychiatry without a license again? tsk-tsk.

73; Out.