Sons_Of_Liberty
07-29-2003, 11:19 PM
When you connect your computer to Microsofts website windowsupdate.com, you reveal a lot of information about your computer to Microsoft. This article shows bit for bit, which data is transferred to Redmond and what Microsoft could learn from it.
The privacy policy of Windows Update used to be simple. A large banner stating that everything was done "without sending any information to Microsoft" and the lack of suspicious network activity assured us that Microsoft valued our privacy. However, times have changed.
Data collector or update vending machine? Microsoft learns a lot about your computer, when you connect to Windows Update.
SOURCE:tecCHANNEL (http://www.tecchannel.com/security/client/58/)
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The privacy policy of Windows Update used to be simple. A large banner stating that everything was done "without sending any information to Microsoft" and the lack of suspicious network activity assured us that Microsoft valued our privacy. However, times have changed.
Data collector or update vending machine? Microsoft learns a lot about your computer, when you connect to Windows Update.
SOURCE:tecCHANNEL (http://www.tecchannel.com/security/client/58/)
Read on 16 more pages.....