Clint and others, Well, I think it was in a recent article in InfoWorld, by Brian Livingston or similar high tech guru, that a really MAJOR eye-opener got revealed. If you can get to the web sites for InfoWorld, ComputerWorld, and other similiar computer news sites, you might want to subscribe to gettting emails from such individuals, since the info they end up knowing is absolutely mind bodgling.
Seems that when you install SP1 for XP or SP3 for 2K, you give, as part of the legal gobbaldygook, unconditional right for MS to automatically update the OS withOUT you having to give any ok to what it decides to do in the background. So what this amounts to is that even if you get the SP from some other location, it will not matter since to install it, you have to agress to the licensing info, and this is one of the issues contained in the SP licensing info. There is a MORE ominous issue on the horizon, and it has to do with the homeland security act issues. It seems that one of the parts of the act was to give the government the right to dictate to all ISPs, under threat of legal action, that all members of the ISP had to be fully and completely monitored of all activities involving the ISP - not only internet sites visited but all emails sent and received as well as news groups the person was visiting. And this was to be done without ever informing the person(s) being monitored, in the name of national security operations. I THINK this part was shot down - but how much longer before this country is truly living under Big Brother's ever watchful eyes. Just think, every living and working space will have a TV, BUT the TV will be watching you, not you watching it. Doublespeak is commonly found in use these days all over the place, and getting to be more and more widespread. Ralph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If you block ALL cookies, there are many sites you can't get to, > and functions are disabled. I tried doing that with the MS > websites, and I could not longer access them. Cookies should > NOT be necessary, and they are NOT necessary just to use a > website! Some of the news & sports websites put cookies on > your HD the second their homepage loads! I realize that cookies > are necessary for some 'personalized site features', but when a > site has no personalized web features, they have no business > doing it. There is NO reason for that, just for a visit to their > homepage! > > It's not really a cookie thing that's at issue here, it's MS > *scanning your PC* for personal data, that they > are doing. Even if you blocked all cookies and still could get > to the update site, this would not stop the site from getting > your PC to send personal data back to MS (contrary to their lying > statement that this "NEVER" happens). I have my cooking option > set to "high", and it's a real pain at that setting getting to > many websites. I have to constantly change the setting, since > double-clicking the red - and selecting "always accept cookies > from this site" doesn't work half the time. I empty the cookies > that do manage to get in my temp net files a few times a week, > and only leave those I need. Also blocking all cookies will not > stop spying unscrupulous sites from placing items in the registry > and the downloaded program files folder (like Xupiter and Alexa). > I get 'malicious things in those areas just from a SPAM email, > and my security settings are always max'd out. > > Yeah that's a good idea to say "NO" to those error warnings, I do > the same. However you *should* worry about MS spying, it is > going to become a major problem. What I'm going to start doing, > is getting any Windows OS updates from ELSEWHERE, other than > the "Windows update site". It can be done. I'm not about to > have these 'cyber terrorists' suck info off of my computers into > their "massive collection jar". That's inexcusable. What is > really horrible about it, and the real point for me, is these > jerks have the unmitigated GALL to actually put that comment > on their webpage while the update site is 'scanning your PC', > that reads "This is done WITHOUT sending any information > back to M$"!!!!!!! I always doubted that statement, now I see > with good cause. Those jerks are going to get themselves in > such a legal mess greater than the one they are already in, > that they will go bankrupt. It will be a $100 billion corporate > class action lawsuit case (plus criminal charges) the likes of > the legal system has NEVER seen in history. Since Gates > has 60 Billion and counting, it would take about 100 billion to > get anyone's attention. That case will uncover atrocities that > will stun the world, you mark my words. I bet they have > dedicated storage area for EACH and every one of us!!! > "Big Brother" is an understatement, this is like a UPC barcode > stamped on a billion people that use their products. This > must be stopped. This makes what AOL does look like a > simple "passing hello". It's never bothered me before, > but I'm finding more and more cases regarding M$ spying and > privacy violations, and you just cannot trust a company that > does that. The majority of us have absolutely nothing to hide, > however IMO, that's not the point. I feel as though I'm being > "electronically raped". That *is* what they are doing to users. > I bet they are getting all this personal info, selling it to > spammers and telema*keting firms so they can harass us. > My 2 cents. ;-) > > No, I didn't read the full article yet, I was waiting to see if > anyone else did, and was able to get it ok. I'm not familiar > with that payment service, so I'm a bit leery of it's > legitimacy......even though it's only 2 bucks, they could do > something with your CC number. > > On a note about SpyBot; I've found that it misses many things > that AdAware finds, AND, AdAware can miss many things that SpyBot > finds! So, I use both. Good idea to use both of them. > -Clint > > God Bless Us All > Clint Hamilton, Owner > Want to exchange links with us? > http://OrpheusComputing.com � ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
