The dangers of DRM...

The dangers of DRM...

Posted Sep 28, 2006 5:36 UTC (Thu) by eru (subscriber, #2753)
In reply to: The dangers of DRM... by bryanr
Parent article: Microsoft sues over source code theft (News.com)

Wasn't there very recently a big ruckus about Microsofts "genuine advantage" program collecting data about the user and sending it to MS without telling him/her? The piece of software got installed as part of routine Windows updates. Granted, that was not malicious non-MS code, but the user and MS may occasionally have different ideas about what counts as malicious (If I recall correctly, people still using dial-up modems reported PC:s initiating net connections for transferring the data, which has usually causes real cost$ for them).

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