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Subject: Re: spy in MSWIN 95 (fwd)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 13:46:32 +0200
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Tato informace mi prisla, ani jsem tomu nechtel verit nicmene jsem to nasel v news:comp.risks, clanek RISKS DIGEST 17.21 odkud to kopiruji. Date: 30 Jun 1995 07:47:48 U From: "Paul Saffo" <psaffo@iftf.org> Subject: Warning on Using Win95 >From PLS_MCI_MAIL FWD>>Warning on Using Win95 Date: 6/26/95 8:44 PM From: jbreyer@accel.com Subject: Warning on Using Win95 [Update on RISKS-17.13 item] Believe it or not, this is not Net humor but serious. It would otherwise be outstanding satire! Subject: Windows 95 Warning on comp.risks [RISKS-17.13], in Information Week 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. An update on this. A friend of mine got hold of the beta test CD of Win95, and set up a packet sniffer between his serial port and the modem. When you try out the free demo time on The Microsoft Network, it transmits your entire directory structure in background. This means that they have a list of every directory (and, potentially every file) on your machine. It would not be difficult to have something like a FileRequest from your system to theirs, without you knowing about it. This way they could get ahold of any juicy routines you've written yourself and claim them as their own if you don't have them copyrighted. Needless to say, I'm rather annoyed about this. So spread the word as far and wide as possible: Steer clear of Windows 95. = There's nothing to say that this "feature" will be removed in the final release. [GML addition: Prodigy was accused of doing something similar several years ago. In that case it was not nearly as threatening due to: 1) it was = limited to a single PC, 2) Prodigy couldn't do much with the info (i.e. they could not pursue you for copyright infringement, nor were they trying to expand into so many businesses the way Microsoft is).] ------------------------------
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