🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:11:19 -0500, "Todd" <todd44@quest.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 08:28:59 -0800, Oliver Costich
><olc-caNOSPAM@cox.net> wrote:
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>>>I'm not saying they WILL do these things, but you gave them PERMISSION
>>>to do them. Few people realize how much control they have relinquished
>>>to M$.
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>>Explain to me exactly how they do that? I use a firewall and haven't
>>seen any unnecessary traffic from MS. If you mean that downloading a
>>program can put things on your computer, then any software on any OS
>>can do the same thing.
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>If you download a program that erases your files and disables your
>computer, you would be furious about what this "virus" did to you.
>However, you gave M$ PERMISSION to download the worst possible virus
>on your computer. The difference is in the PERMISSION.
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>As to snooping through your firewall, you gave M$ PERMISSION to use
>the worst possible trojan on your computer. Of course you wouldn't see
>it - it's part of Windows. :-) The details of exactly how they might
>do this are outside the scope of this newsgroup, but you might start a
>discussion in a security newsgroup. You might find out a lot of
>surprising information.

My friends who are computer security experts have told me of several
security flaws in Win2000/XP, including the one in the reference
monitor, but report nothing in the activation. If you can't explain it
or give a direct reference, you can't back up your claim. Be specific
or shut up.

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>As I said, few people realize how much control they have relinquished
>to M$. Most people just click on the "accept" button, not realizing
>the full implications. Even those who try to decipher the extensive
>legalese may still not appreciate the full implications.

Maybe because your claims are bullshit.

I don't like their activation either but let's be honest about it.

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