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From: "Robert Comer"
Pardon my language, hut that's got to be the biggest load of shit I've ever seen.
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Bob Comer
"Mike N." wrote in message
news:n6s4a2tckt2busejrr8e7vj2fcatdboi5n{at}4ax.com...
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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."
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> Is he saying that using a pirated key causes Windows to be vulnerable
> to spyware and adware infections?
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