Author Topic: Windows Media Player = Spyware! (Read 1371 times)

Lizking · « **Reply #15 on:** March 19, 2004, 10:56:26 AM »

And when they realized what it was doing, they fixed it so that it no longer connects the two. It is a requested feature, as well as a very handy one to have.

Don't get me wrong, I do not allow any program to "call home", but the majority of people do not care, favoring the ease and convience of "self-updating", "DB query" and the ability to be recognised upon return to a site.

What is the worst that could happen even if they DO compile a list of all the movies you watch? They going to send you an email telling you how bad your taste in movies is?

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 19, 2004, 11:10:49 AM »

I blame great shaitan Boosh.

Nilsen · « **Reply #17 on:** March 19, 2004, 11:19:31 AM »

its the evil George Gates / Bill Bush duo at work...GG/BB

capt. apathy · « **Reply #18 on:** March 19, 2004, 02:37:47 PM »

everyone knows Gates has no ties to the Bush administration.

he did have ties to the Clinton administration, where he dressed in drag and went by the name Janet Reno (seriusly, am I the only one who has noticed the scary resemblence between the two?)

Vulcan · « **Reply #19 on:** March 19, 2004, 02:51:40 PM »

Thats what you have a firewall for ya n00bs. Go run pestpatrol on your PC and see how much non-MS spyware you have...

vorticon · « **Reply #20 on:** March 19, 2004, 04:36:22 PM »

yes im sure theres a big room deep in microsoft HQ filled with people sitting around going through the 3 million+ movies everyone watches every day...

culero · « **Reply #21 on:** March 19, 2004, 05:17:05 PM »

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Originally posted by DoctorYO
I disagree lizking.. Extreme techs article was biased in respect that they claimed this was a wanted feature..
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It is a wanted feature. I'm one of the folks that wants it. Its useful.

I'm satisfied that the intent of the feature as stated is accurate, and with their reaction to the discovery of the inadvertant e-mail and GUID link.

I also don't believe in black helicopters, don't mind cops knowing who I am and what I'm doing, and don't believe Elvis lives.

culero (also doesn't give a **** who knows it if he watches pr0n

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Torque · « **Reply #22 on:** March 19, 2004, 05:26:57 PM »

I prefer to call them training manuals.

Ghosth · « **Reply #23 on:** March 21, 2004, 09:13:19 AM »

Not sure Oct.

You'd have to go plug around the RA site.