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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Wed Mar 17 21:11:24 1999
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 02:42:27 +0100 (CET)
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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--Microsoft admits to privacy problem
By Andy Patrizio, TechWeb, Mar.12.1999. The company was first exposed
last week by Richard Smith of Phar Lap Software, who found that the
Windows 98 Registration Wizard, or RegWiz, was installing unique
identification numbers on the computers. Those IDs were transmitted to
Microsoft.com during registration, Smith said. Windows Magazine
reported that not only is information on the user's system sent to
Microsoft.com, it's possible for any website to read and change that
information without the user ever knowing it. Read the full article:
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990312S0034
