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On Fri, 9 Jun 1995 10:30:23 +0100 Robb Masters wrote: >This isn't very tp related, but it may interest those to users who use >Win '95. I've make no claim as to the accuracy of the reports, I'm just >passing on other people's comments. > >In article 802247272snz@swarb.demon.co.uk, David Swarbrick ><david@swarb.demon.co.uk> writes: >> >>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. I believe Microsoft this as: (1) it will only interrogate the machine Windows 95 is installed on, not the entire network. (2) It will only send the information to Microsoft if you check off a clearly labeled option to do so. I don't think we've heard the end of this yet. _______________________________________________________________________ |\ ______________________________________________________________________\ | | | | | John H. Kim "Just try telling the IRS you don't feel like | | | jokim@mit.edu 'contributing' this year come April" - Bob Dole | | | jokim@uni.uiuc.edu on Bill Clinton's avoidance of the word "taxes." | \|_______________________________________________________________________|