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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Microsoft blocks Free Software Foundation as a
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Sun Jun 24 12:43:54 2012
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 09:27:24 -0700
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Microsoft blocks Free Software Foundation as a "gambling site"
http://j.mp/PVVqwC (FSF)
"We expect they will make this correction as well, but nonetheless we
strongly suggest you avoid using proprietary "network security"
software from Microsoft. If you need to provide evidence to someone
else to illustrate why using such software is a bad idea, feel free to
use us as an example. If your workplace uses the software currently,
please point to this post and ask them to drop it. Proprietary
security software is an oxymoron -- if the user is not fundamentally
in control of the software, the user has no security. If Microsoft's
"reputation" database can't tell the difference between a gambling
site and an independently audited registered nonprofit public-interest
charity founded almost 30 years ago, it is certainly doing you and
your business more harm than good."
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