---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 00:16:52 -0500 From: "(Redacted)" <(redacted)> To: Security <Security@(redacted)> Subject: More Evil from MS Be sure to read the new EULA/privacy statement for Windows update, it has an interesting portion about how Windows Update and Automatic Update (which gets installed with SP3) can, by agreeing to this license, send the following pieces of info to Microsoft, "With the latest version of Windows Update (essentially a mandatory download and now part of SP3) you consent to sending the following information to Microsoft: * Operating-system version number and Product Identification number * Internet Explorer version number * Version numbers of other software * Plug and Play ID numbers of hardware devices This is stated in the "Windows Update Privacy Statement" which you can read at <http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/about.asp?> You can also follow the "About Windows Update" link off the WindowsUpdate page. Does the fact that this was released at nearly the same time as their "New and improved" licensing requirements smell funny to anyone else? There's no need to be paranoid any longer, it's been Microsoft after us all the time! K
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