From: /m 

On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 11:44:18 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>news:4482fecd$3{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> Yep - that's what it appears to be. All patched XP users now have spyware
>> that now monitors their web page flow and is  able to deactivate their OS
>at
>> any given time MS wishes. The one thing George Orwell didn't get correct
>was
>> the name of Big Brother.  His name is Bill
>
>Do people just not see the inherent danger in allowing a vendor this sort of
>control over your IS infrastructure?

It is worse than allowing a vendor to have this level of control... it is
allowing the ability to effectively "shut off" the PCs in your
company, whether the switch is thrown by Microsoft or some hacker.

 /m

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