More Evil from MS (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 00:16:52 -0500 
From: "(Redacted)" <(redacted)>
To: Security <Security@(redacted)>
Subject: More Evil from MS

Be sure to read the new EULA/privacy statement for Windows update, it has an
interesting portion about how Windows Update and Automatic Update (which
gets installed with SP3) can, by agreeing to this license, send the
following pieces of info to Microsoft,

"With the latest version of Windows Update (essentially a mandatory download
and now part of SP3) you consent to sending the following information to
Microsoft:

* Operating-system version number and Product Identification number
* Internet Explorer version number
* Version numbers of other software
* Plug and Play ID numbers of hardware devices

This is stated in the "Windows Update Privacy Statement" which you can read
at <http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/about.asp?>  You can also
follow the "About Windows Update" link off the WindowsUpdate page.

Does the fact that this was released at nearly the same time as their "New
and improved" licensing requirements smell funny to anyone else?

There's no need to be paranoid any longer, it's been Microsoft after us all
the time!
K

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