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http://www.okgazette.com/news/templates/cover.asp?articleid=423&zoneid=7
who do they think they are?
who do they think they are?
Quoted from The Oklahoma Gazette
Microsoft, backed by other companies, is trying to pass a law about computer "privacy" that would enable Microsoft & Co. to gain access to anyone's PC under the claim of "detection or prevention of the unauthorized use of or fraudulent or other illegal activities in connection with a network, service, or computer software, including scanning for and removing computer software prescribed under this act.
That means that Microsoft (or another company with such software) can erase spyware or viruses. But if you have, say, a pirated copy of Excel - Microsoft (or companies with similar software) can erase it, or anything else they want to erase, and not be held liable for it. Additionally, that phrase fraudulent or other illegal activities means they can:
Let the local district attorney know that you wrote a hot check last month.
Let the attorney general know that you play online poker.
Let the tax commission know you bought cartons of cigarettes and didn't pay the state tax on them.
Read anything on your hard drive, such as your name, home address, personal identification code, passwords, Social Security number... etc., etc., etc.
Tyler1989 said:you really have too much faith in people...