From: "Robert G Lewis" 

I don't see MS trying a kill switch with XP. At least not across the board.
Too much potential for lawsuits. I'd wonder if criminal charges might not
apply even.

Nothing in the license ( that I'm aware of) from when I bought XP. so if
they killed it I'd look at it the same as I would a Hacker killing my PC.


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:44a272d6{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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
> news:n6s4a2tckt2busejrr8e7vj2fcatdboi5n{at}4ax.com...
>>
>>
>> http://news.com.com/Putting+privacy+first+at+Microsoft/2008-1029_3-6088719.h
tml?tag=nefd.lede
>>
>> "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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