Re: Microsoft Misrepresenting WGA's Functionality?
- From: "Robert Moir" <robspamtrap+msnews@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:48:28 +0100
imhotep wrote:
"According to an article on Groklaw, Microsoft is misrepresenting
what the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool is to pressure people
into installing it. It comes with no uninstall, it fails to disclose
many pieces of information it provides to Microsoft, and it
misrepresents itself as a 'critical update' when it does not address
any security vulnerability, although it remains to be seen if it can
create one. ZDNet has a series of screenshots so that you can see
exactly how badly it misrepresents itself. Oh, and it also checks for
updates, so Microsoft can presumably execute arbitrary code on any
machine with it installed, merely by making that code part of a WGA
update."
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/11/2053214&from=rss
Well Slashdot are a waste of bits when it comes to rational discussion, but
it is interesting to note that if anyone else downloaded this software onto
your machine it would be called Spyware. Arguably there isn't much daylight
between this new aspect of WGA and what Sony did a while back.
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Rob Moir, Microsoft MVP for Security
Blog Site - http://www.robertmoir.com
Virtual PC 2004 FAQ - http://www.robertmoir.co.uk/win/VirtualPC2004FAQ.html
I'm always surprised at "professionals" who STILL have to be asked:
"Have you checked (event viewer / syslog)".
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