The Dirty Rats in Redmond

[kronick]

Microsoft is making money on us XP users without our consent and without our
knowledge. I think there
should some kind of class action suit here. If MS is going to make money on our using XP
then it ought to
pay us royalties or at least make the product free.

This says something about the morals and scruples of Microsoft as well. Kind of makes
you wonder to
what extent these guys will go to make a buck!

I feel a bit outraged by this and intend to uninstall media player from my PC?s and go
back to using
WinAmp. No usage equals no data sent to Microsoft.

quote:

TIME Magazine:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...212649,00.html

JUST LOOKING Lots of people watch DVDs on their computers. Microsoft's free
media player for Windows
XP, on 17 million PCs, is a popular way to do it. It turns out, though, that
Microsoft has been logging what
people are watching, and even what songs they're listening to, according to the
Associated Press, which
got Redmond to fess up. Microsoft says it's updating the player's privacy
disclaimer to warn users. But it
won't rule out selling the information to advertisers down the line. Talk about
paying the peeper!




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[cashley]

Kronick.... you miss us huh?

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~I'm bored~

[Sofa]

wurd to the kronick.

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