I guess I wish they would do it offline - download a copy of a signed, compressed "baddies" file and let the local system compare the hashes. Treat it like AV signatures. I like the idea, but hate the implementation.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 1:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Another Reason to NOT install Windows 8 At 09:13 PM 25/08/2012, Steve Tomporowski wrote: >http://gizmodo.com/5937649/windows-8-tells-microsoft-about-everything-y >ou-install-not-very-securely > I see the privacy issue, but that's the downside of security for people who don't want to be responsible to figure out if an application is safe, they have to give information to a third party to figure it out for them. I think this might be a good idea, if MS does a good job of tracking the crap/mal-ware out there. T
