[Am-info] Did you hear about..............

[Fred A. Miller]

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Excerpt From: I, Cringley:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020704.html

Did you hear about this week's critical security update for Windows=20
Media Player? Did you go to Windows Update and dutifully download it?=20
Did you read the End User License Agreement or just click on the "I=20
agree" box? Of course you didn't read the license agreement. Nobody=20
does. Well, they changed it a little since the last time you clicked=20
it. Here is the text of the second section:=20

*Digital Rights Management (Security). You agree that in order to=20
protect the integrity of content and software protected by digital=20
rights management ("Secure Content"), Microsoft may provide security=20
related updates to the OS Components that will be automatically=20
downloaded onto your computer. These security related updates may=20
disable your ability to copy and/or play Secure Content and use other=20
software on your computer. If we provide such a security update, we=20
will use reasonable efforts to post notices on a web site explaining=20
the update.=20

Wait a minute! Did you just give Microsoft the right to go inside your=20
computer and change pretty much anything they like even if it disables=20
applications from other vendors -- applications you paid good money=20
for? And if they do mess with the inside of your computer they don't=20
have to ask permission or do anything except post an explanation on=20
some web site somewhere?

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If you listen on a quiet nite you, can hear
the sound of a Windows 2000 Server reboot.
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