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Google treading on Microsoft turf in Dell tests
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:01:08 -0500
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [IP] Google treading on Microsoft turf in Dell tests] Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:18:31 -0500 From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu> To: dave () farber net There was a long article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal about this; I contemplated sending it to you for possible forwarding to the IP list. My concern isn't about the Microsoft versus Google fight -- the WSJ article focused on efforts by vendors such as Dell and HP to have the right to include more alternative software packages with Windows -- but rather about the privacy implications. When I download something like Google toolbar, I'm aware that I'm doing so, and I at least have the option of considering the privacy implications; more importantly, I then know that I have the software installed and know to check the privacy-related options. If, on the other hand, it's installed silently by a vendor, I don't know that it's there and I don't know what it does. This worries me. --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD65+EtcdvoAezhUsRAob7AKCW9FRpjqHxLLn00pdz72ZVZrYlxgCgjBbI 81js7HzMe6DKU7pz3effF1U= =IgxO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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