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Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems [message #284974 is a reply to message #284537]

Tue, 18 September 2007 10:28

egg098
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I am completely anti-DRM in all aspects; if people buy something, they should be able to use it as they wish, the same as Steve Jobs said in his open letter a while back. This is why I use iTunes, but only because I have enough music that needs management like that and I hate WMP and Winamp, along with the interface being nice (ignoring the resource whoring). But I never buy music from iTunes - yes I use an iPod, but I don't want that DRM shit that comes with music from the iTunes Store. Software piracy doesn't come under DRM in my view.

The target of Microsoft's WGA/OGA isn't pirates who know how to get round it - they will always be able to get round it and that's not going to change imminently. Microsoft targets consumer education, getting them to buy products from them instead of cheap copies, and statistics say it works (for the people they are targetting).

They will always be able to do anything they like to Windows - of course they have this in there. But they won't do anything more than updating the operating system. The EU fined them upwards of £300million just for "restricting" consumers to Microsoft software. Imagine what would happen if they were found to be in breach of privacy laws - it just wouldn't happen. This is why I'm alright with it. Yes, the method is wrong, but nothing bad happens, and no personally identifiable information about what you do/have on your computer is sent.

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		Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: NukeIt15 on Sat, 15 September 2007 16:02
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: AoBfrost on Sat, 15 September 2007 16:25
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Renx on Sat, 15 September 2007 16:38
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Matix101 on Sat, 15 September 2007 17:53
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Oblivion165 on Sat, 15 September 2007 19:29
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Matix101 on Sat, 15 September 2007 19:37
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: AoBfrost on Sat, 15 September 2007 19:39
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Matix101 on Sat, 15 September 2007 19:43
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: cmatt42 on Sat, 15 September 2007 21:22
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Jonty on Sun, 16 September 2007 00:33
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Speedy059 on Sun, 16 September 2007 00:56
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Xylaquin on Sun, 16 September 2007 00:58
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Ghostshaw on Sun, 16 September 2007 02:01
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: puddle_splasher on Sun, 16 September 2007 02:52
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: trooprm02 on Sun, 16 September 2007 06:51
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: sadukar09 on Sun, 16 September 2007 06:54
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Caveman on Sun, 16 September 2007 07:39
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: sadukar09 on Sun, 16 September 2007 07:48
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: cmatt42 on Sun, 16 September 2007 09:10
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Xylaquin on Sun, 16 September 2007 09:24
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Caveman on Sun, 16 September 2007 09:30
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Viking on Sun, 16 September 2007 10:57
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: trooprm02 on Sun, 16 September 2007 11:20
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: trooprm02 on Sun, 16 September 2007 11:23
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Caveman on Sun, 16 September 2007 16:00
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: NukeIt15 on Sun, 16 September 2007 21:20
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: jnz on Mon, 17 September 2007 10:01
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: CarrierII on Mon, 17 September 2007 10:06
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: egg098 on Mon, 17 September 2007 10:25
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: NukeIt15 on Mon, 17 September 2007 13:20
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Romaner on Mon, 17 September 2007 14:57
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Nightma12 on Tue, 18 September 2007 05:01
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: egg098 on Tue, 18 September 2007 10:28
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: CarrierII on Tue, 18 September 2007 12:19
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: Jonty on Tue, 18 September 2007 14:16
		Re: Microsoft has a backdoor into XP and Vista systems By: CarrierII on Wed, 19 September 2007 14:59

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