From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Any excuse for their 'kill switch'

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=84

Guess what? WGA might be on the verge of getting even messier. In fact, one
report claims WGA is about to become a Windows "kill switch" -
and when I asked Microsoft for an on-the-record response, they refused to
deny it.


"Mike N."  wrote in message
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> http://news.com.com/Putting+privacy+first+at+Microsoft/2008-1029_3-6088719.ht
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> "It's important to go back to the fundamental goal of Windows Genuine
> Advantage and the risk of pirated software. A lot of people believe that
> it
> might be about the revenue, but in actual fact, it is about the security
> and privacy of the users. Some research that we've done finds that the
> incidence of malware (malicious software) is a lot higher on pirated
> software, so we really are trying to make sure that users really have the
> opportunity to protect themselves."
>
>    Is he saying that using a pirated key causes Windows to be vulnerable
> to spyware and adware infections?

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