[109125] in Cypherpunks
Why Intel??? We've got Microsoft!!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Thu Mar 11 04:31:41 1999
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:50:03 +0900 (JST)
From: Anonymous <nobody@nowhere.to>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@nowhere.to>
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-03/08/060l-030899-idx.html
http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,25591-41382-304399-0,00.html
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Microsoft Corp., which sells the software runs most of the world's
personal computers, said yesterday that its latest version of Windows
generates a unique serial number that partly is planted within electronic
documents and could be used to trace the identity of authors.
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Microsoft admits Windows software transmits unique ID number
Copyright © 1999 Nando Media
Copyright © 1999 Associated Press
By TED BRIDIS
WASHINGTON (March 7, 1999 4:22 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) -
Microsoft Corp. admitted Sunday that its latest version of Windows operating
system, which runs most of the world's personal computers, generates a
unique serial number secretly planted within electronic documents that could
be used to trace the authors' identities.
In a disclosure with enormous privacy implications, Microsoft also said it
is investigating whether it is collecting the serial numbers from customers
even if they explicitly indicate they didn't want them disclosed.
"If it is, it's just a bug," said Robert Bennett, Microsoft's group product
manager for Windows. "If it is indeed happening, ... we'll absolutely fix
that."
