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Microsoft plans corporate espionage
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 10:24:36 -0400
(from comp.risks) Date: Wed, 17 May 95 13:44:40 EDT From: cnorloff () tecnet1 jcte jcs mil Subject: Microsoft plans corporate espionage Microsoft officials confirm that beta versions of Windows 95 include a small viral routine called Registration Wizard. It interrogates every system on a network gathering intelligence on what software is being run on which machine. It then creates a complete listing of both Microsoft's and competitors' products by machine, which it reports to Microsoft when customers sign up for Microsoft's Network Services, due for launch later this year. "In Short" column, page 88, _Information Week_ magazine, May 22, 1995 The implications of this action, and the attitude of Microsoft to plan such action, beggars the imagination. Chris Norloff cnorloff () tecnet1 jcte jcs mil
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