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Subject: Re: Windows XP - a privacy issue?

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 10:31:20 10/24/01

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On October 24, 2001 at 00:23:56, William Penn wrote:

>I wonder if you considered the privacy issue with Windows XP? You must "phone
>home" to activate it, and you cannot reinstall it without doing the same.
>Microsoft accesses and stores in their archives certain private information
>about you and your computer system, then has the ability to grant or deny you
>access to Windows XP and your own computer! At least that is what I hear, so I
>am leary of it.
>WP


I have planned to let XP rest for a while and let others buy a MS xx.00 product.
Then perhaps I can see where this privacy issue is going and get some
"experience reports".

Torstein



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