🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <adtDCuMxJ.8yq@netcom.com>,
Anthony D. Tribelli <adt@netcom.com> wrote:
>sp@questor.org wrote:
>: Motorola Canada Ltd. has issued a stern warning to its employees to stop
>: testing Microsoft Corp's. new software system Windows 95...
>:    At the heart of the concern is the registration wizard, a high-tech gadget
>: included with each test copy of Windows 95...
>
>I used the wizard once. It asked for permission and lets the user bail-out
>and register nothing. It is optional. It is not required, there is a
>postcard for conventional reqistration also. 
>
>I'll attempt to preempt a long and useless thread:
>
>    MS haters will say this is further evidence of the Great MS World
>    Domination Campaign.
>
>    Some who have not used the wizard will ask what corrective action
>    they should perform to ensure their security.
>
>    Other who have used the wizard will say it is not required, do not
>    use it if you are concerned.
>

Did you have a "sniffer" running to verify what was/was not in the packets
being sent out to MS ?

Personally, I think I'd wait for the result of the Motorola study.  THAT is
certain to use sniffers, among other things.

Bob