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Re: Is this true?
This is actually old news. M$ claims that it is to help them help you
when you call into them with troubles. They then know what you are
running and how they can conflict. M$ claimed that they put in a "Are you
sure you want to do this" question in the signup process and that that
legitimized it. This is Ralph Nadors original complain about M$ back when
it was originally released.
moonwolf@earthling.net wrote:
>
> I just got this post from another list I am on, and though I've
> heard rumors of it before, I never heard quite this story. Can
> anyone here confirm this? It is a major invasion of privacy if
> true.
>
> *****
>
>
>
> Not anti-Microsoft, but PRO-DOS.
> Those of us who prefer to work with DOS programs like the fact that
> WE control the program not the program controling us and what is done
> with and to our computers.
> FYI, did you know that if you are running W95 and you use it to dial-up
> the Microsoft Network, that the first thing it does is to transmit to
> Microsoft a complete listing of ALL files on your system.
> If you want to test this, dial them up. But first run a TSR program
> that will record in a Log-file all disk access. After contacting MSN,
> check the Log-file and you'll see that your FAT was transmitted to MSN.
> To this day, no-one has been able to get Microsoft to say WHY they are
> doing this.
>
> ******
>
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