Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Tool 'Phones Home' Daily
Joris Evers writes on C|Net News:
Microsoft has vowed to better disclose the actions of its antipiracy tool once it is installed on Windows PCs.More here.
The tool, called Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications, is designed to validate whether a copy of Windows has been legitimately acquired. However, it also checks in with Microsoft on a daily basis, the company confirmed Wednesday.
This has alarmed some people, such as Lauren Weinstein, a civil liberties activist, who likened it to spyware in a blog posting.
Microsoft disputes that notion. It said that WGA's regular call home is innocent and done for necessary maintenance purposes.
posted by Fergie @ 6/07/2006 07:25:00 PM
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