>From Edupage:
MICROSOFT OFFERS PRIVACY FIX
Microsoft Corp. has two free software programs on its Web site that will
strip out the identifying number that could be used to trace the authorship
of some electronic documents. One program removes the number from existing
documents and the other prevents it from being embedded in new documents.
The number feature was included as part of Windows 98, but privacy advocates
complain that the feature makes it technically possible for the company to
trace documents to a specific computer, even if the author wishes to remain
anonymous. Microsoft says the numbers originally were intended to support a
feature to link documents over a network, but it was never fully developed.
See < http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/Articles/privacy.htm > (AP 19 Mar 99)
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